New prostate cancer guidelines can lead to unneeded treatments with unwanted side effects
Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »The new American Cancer Society guidelines issued Wednesday on prostate cancer screening mean that many men will fight a cascade of decisions, with a growing responsibility for those decisions falling on their shoulders. The new guidelines acknowledge the uncertainties surrounding PSA ...
Researchers discover new prognosis marker for prostate cancer
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Thinking related to today's prognosis markers, one of the critical problems with prostate cancer is that about 70-80 percent of patients wind up in a group where very little can be said about their prognosis. Unfortunately, there are no methods ...
Effect of aspirin on PSA and PSA velocity
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Researcherd at University of Arizona, say that aspirin, other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and statins have been associated with lower risk of prostate cancer and its progression, though results have been inconsistent. The study findings support the effect of aspirin use ...
Prostate cancer diagnosis may affect man’s mind
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »According to a new study published online February 2 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, being diagnosed with prostate cancer may increase a man's risk of suicide or cardiovascular death, especially right after diagnosis. According to the study, the ...
Prostate Cancer Detection: Estimating The Screening Benefit
Monday, February 1st, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) has demonstrated that screening has the potential for reducing mortality from prostate cancer (PC). In contrast, The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) trial showed no difference in PC mortality after ...
China study: PSA screening is effective for early detection of prostate cancer
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »As previous studies have suggested that implementation of PSA screening in China is of crucial importance, a recent study at Nanjing Medical University, China, compared clinical and pathological characteristics of screen-detected and clinically diagnosed prostate cancers and evaluated the effectiveness ...
New scan may help find aggressive prostate tumors
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »According to recent report of Leo L. Cheng, an assistant professor of radiology and pathology at Harvard Medical School and a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, a new imaging technology promises to achieve the long-sought goal of singling out prostate ...
Biochemical profile may help diagnose, determine aggressiveness of prostate cancer
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy – which analyzes the biochemistry rather than the structure of tissues – may someday be able both to pinpoint the precise location of prostate cancer and to determine the tumor's aggressiveness, information that could help guide ...
The ned of other biomarkers for detecting prostate cancer
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been used for prostate cancer detection since 1994. Although PSA is the best cancer biomarker available, it is not perfect. Many urologists claim PSA lacks both the sensitivity and specificity to accurately detect the presence of ...
Routine evaluation does not predict prostate cancer
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »A new study from the Mayo Clinic has emerged analyzing the link between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and prostate size. The study concluded that routine annual evaluation of prostate growth cannot predict the development of prostate cancer. However, the study suggests ...