Promising therapy for prostate cancer type
Saturday, November 19th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »U.S. researchers say a genetic Achilles' heel in an aggressive type of prostate cancer may be treated by a drug already being tested to treat other cancers. The finding will be important because many men are now being treated with new, highly ...
Men should be warned of prostate treatment risks
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Treatments for men with advanced prostate cancer may help extend their lives but a new study has found they can also reduce their quality of life. Impotence is a common side effect among all the men, whose average age was 63. But those ...
New book: Definitive guide to prostate cancer
Monday, November 14th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A new book "The Definitive Guide to Prostate Cancer" offers strategies for slowing the growth of prostate cancer cells and to regain a sense of hope. It discusses conventional and "integrative" therapies, meaning treatments designed for the individual patient. The book author ...
Magnets help fight prostate cancer
Friday, November 11th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers at the University of Sheffield said magnetic force can help treat prostate cancer in men Experts say unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the treatment can kill cancerous cells without harming healthy tissue. To speed up their action, the researchers have injected the ...
Treating prostate cancer by starving it
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Growing cells need an essential nutrient, the amino acid called leucine, which is pumped into the cell by specialized proteins. And this could be prostate cancer’s weak link because prostate cancer cells have more pumps than normal. This allows the ...
Treatment for prostate cancer not easy choice
Saturday, October 29th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »The number of prostate cancer cases, the most commonly diagnosed male cancer, continues to increase each year. The dilemma is how to manage the treatment of this growing number of men seeking their best available option. Currently recommended screening consists of ...
Low fat diet with fish oil slowed growth of human prostate cancer cells
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »A short-term study at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests thst low-fat diet with fish oil supplements eaten for four to six weeks prior to prostate removal slowed down the growth of prostate cancer cells -- the number of rapidly dividing ...
Age plays a big role in prostate cancer deaths
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A new study at University of Rochester suggests, contrary to common belief, that men age 75 and older are diagnosed with late-stage and more aggressive prostate cancer and thus die from the disease more often than younger men. The study is ...
Prostate cancer, not a modern disease
Monday, October 24th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A Scythian burial mound that was excavated a little more than 10 years ago and archeologists have found that that cancer was around long before any of these modern “luxuries”. They also found evidence on nearly every bone in the man’s ...
Gene promotes prostate cancer when ‘turned on,’ breast cancer when “turned off”
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers at Cleveland Clinic focused on whether the androgen receptor (AR) molecule offers evidence of the tumor suppressor protein PTEN. The research discovered that AR inhibits PTEN expression in prostate cancer cells, but stimulates it in breast cancer cells.This conclusions explain ...