No risk seen from delaying prostate cancer surgery
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A new study in Sweden finds that patients who delayed surgery by over a year had similar outcomes as those who opted for immediate treatment. Using a national cancer database, Swedish researchers found that among 2,566 men with cancer confined to ...
Researchers see potential in prostate-cancer-fighting vaccines
Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »For decades, scientists have been trying to create vaccines to recruit the body’s immune system to destroy cancer cells the way it wipes out foreign viruses and bacteria. After many false starts, it appears their research is beginning to pay off. ...
New cancer drug will prolong lives
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Vancouver researchers of the Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital have developed a new cancer-fighting drug that will prolong the life of patients with advanced prostate cancer, doubling their life expectancy compared with a decade ago. The drug, called OGX-011, works ...
Study provides new information on prostate cancer care costs
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A team that reviewed early stage prostate-cancer cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database.has revealed that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. The study ...
The symptoms of prostate cancer
Saturday, August 21st, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Here are some of the symptoms of prostate cancer, there is no early warning signs, the symptoms unfortunately happens when the malignant tumor has caused the prostate to swell. <> Having frequent urination, especially at night. <> Having a difficult time stopping ...
Laser-Triggered nanoblasts treat cells
Thursday, August 19th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA directly into living cells. The work is believed to be the first to use ...
New treatment tries to zap prostate cancer away
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Doctors at NYU Langone Medical Center suggest an experimental treatment that targets cancer cells specifically. It's about a new treatment for prostate cancer that uses lasers and lights to try to zap the cancer in its tracks. This new experimental ...
A new machine may help treat prostate cancer
Monday, August 16th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »At an international conference on the disease on the Gold Coast, Australia, researchers frpom Queensland University of Technology's have announced a MAJOR advance in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer in Australian men. The CellSearch machine, the first of its kind ...
Study reveals potential marker for prostate cancer
Monday, August 16th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »New research by a Purdue University-led team has revealed a potential marker for prostate cancer. The team say it could be the starting point for less invasive testing and improved diagnosis of the disease. The research team used a new analysis ...
Study shows physicians reluctant to use finasteride for prostate cancer
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | 1 Comment »According to a study published in the September issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research., physicians have not increased the use of finasteride, despite the dramatic results of the Prostate Cancer ...