Obesity and weight gain near time of prostatectomy doubles risk of recurrence
Monday, April 19th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »According to Johns Hopkins epidemiologists prostate cancer patients who gain five or more pounds near the time of their prostate surgery are twice as likely to have a recurrence of their cancer compared with patients whose weight is stable. Results show ...
New targeted treatment for prostate cancer
Sunday, April 18th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »University of Cincinnati announced that its researchers will investigate, with a new partnership with Areva Med, the use of a new drug in stopping the growth of prostate cancer tumors. In the study, researchers will test the efficacy of a ...
HIFU as salvage therapy for radiation failure
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 Posted in hifu | No Comments »One of the proposed uses for high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been as a treatment option for men with a rising PSA after first-line treatment with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). A new study at Oslo University Hospital, Norway, offers data ...
Robotic prostatectomy provides significant benefits to cancer patients
Friday, April 16th, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A new study at The Mount Sinai Medical Center suggests that prostate cancer patients who had robotically assisted prostatectomy enjoyed significant benefits over patients who had a traditional open radical prostatectomy. Study investigated data of almost 700 patients and found ...
Some prostate cancer patients prone to develop a blood clot
Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Posted in hormone therapy, prostate cancer | No Comments »New research says men with prostate cancer being treated with hormone therapy have a slightly higher risk of developing a blood clot, and the chance of developing blood clots increases with age, cancer and its treatment Study shows that while men ...
Management of prostate cancer in older men
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »With the rapid ageing of the population and the exponential increase of life-expectancy in developed countries, experts expect that the burden of prostate cancer to rise up dramatically in the future. The problem is, to date, no specific guidelines on ...
Risk for prostate cancer linked to age, race and interval between tests
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »The longer a man older than 65 years goes between PSA tests, the greater is the likelihood that he will be diagnosed with clinically significant prostate cancer that has escaped from the prostate. This unsurprisingly conclusion rises from a recent study ...
Interventional radiology treatments for recurrent prostate cancer
Monday, April 12th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A new study at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. suggests that magnetic resonance-guided ablation may prove to be a promising new treatment for prostate cancer recurrences; it tailors treatment modality (imaging) and duration to lesion size and location and provides ...
Most men cope with stress caused by prostate cancer testing
Saturday, April 10th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Based on data from a study published recently in the British Journal of Cancer, media reports have suggested that men in the UK who undergo testing to detect prostate cancer suffer from significant psychological stress. In fact, the actual study, ...
Study suggests modest impact of diet on cancer risk
Friday, April 9th, 2010 Posted in alternative treatments, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »Evaluation of data from an 8-year-long European trial has suggested that a diet high in fruits and vegetables has only modest impact on people’s risk for cancer. However, a very small inverse association between intake of total fruits and vegetables ...