Gleason score 4+3 associated with greater prostate cancer risk
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »The Gleason scoring system is an important method of classifying prostate cancers based on the appearance of the prostate cancer cells under a microscope. Gleason patterns range from one to five, with higher Gleason patterns being associated with more aggressive disease. ...
Prostate Cancer Patients May Have a Break in Chemotherapy
Saturday, March 1st, 2008 Posted in prostate chemotherapy | No Comments »A study at the Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute concluded that some men with advanced prostate cancer can safely take a break from chemotherapy. this new finding is a big hope for prostate cancer patients because the drug can cause ...
Multivitamin may rise risk of prostate cancer
Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »The March Harvard Men's Health Watch reports that recent studies link multivitamins to prostate cancer but most especially, recent studies link high consumption of folic acid to colon polyps. For those who may no longer take a multivitamin the newsletter suggests to consider ...
Radiation Therapy Appears to Improve Survival in Men with Recurrent Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »California researchers revealed that salvage radiotherapy reduced the risk of dying from prostate cancer by more than 60%. Investigators observed the greatest benefit in men whose PSA levels doubled in 6 months or more, and found that the advantages of ...
Web Tool a Good Help for Men in Prostate Decisions
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in prostate related | No Comments »Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, revealed that men considering prostate cancer screening who used an interactive Web-based, decision-making tool knew more about the disease and were less likely to choose screening than men who got information from ...
New Vaccine Can Protect Against Prostate Cancer
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »New research at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles indicates that an experimental vaccine can offer long-term protection against prostate cancer in mice genetically prone to the disease. The senior investigator said in a statement that trough this early ...
Physical Job Activity May Cut Prostate Cancer Risk
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »A study at the University of California, Los Angeles reports that working in a job that requires a continuous level of high physical effort may decrease the likelihood of a man developing prostate cancer.
Many Prostate Cancer Patients Will Die of Other Causes
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers found that many prostate cancers will not need treatment. In fact, most such patients will die of other causes or they simply won't develop any complications from the cancer. The study author concluded that many elderly men with lower risk ...
Ten New Genetic Variations Found That Raise Prostate Cancer Risk
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »New reports at the Institute of Cancer Research, in Sutton, U.K., reveal that scientists have uncovered at least 10 new genetic variations associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer. The new findings double the number of genetic variants that are ...
Prostate Cancer Detected With Urine-Based Test
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »According to a study published in the February 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, an experimental biomarker test developed by researchers at the University of Michigan more accurately detects prostate cancer than ...