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AUA: Dutasteride Works Against Prostate Cancer
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today CHICAGO, April 29 -- Prostate cancer incidence decreased by 23% in high-risk men treated with dutasteride ...

Prostate cancer patients on ADT may be at high risk for skeletal ...
Ortho SuperSite - Thorofare,NJ,USA
GTx Inc. announced this week that in a Phase III clinical trial of advanced prostate cancer patients being treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), ...

Prostrate cancer vaccine improves survival
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Thomas H. Maugh II A controversial prostate cancer vaccine that previously has been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration improves survival of ...

Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer and the Role of Anti-perspirants
EmpowHer - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... which we then have no means of excreting, paving the way for the development of hormone dependent cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer. ...

Consider Heart and Bones With Androgen-Deprivation Therapy ...
Modern Medicine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
WEDNESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- Androgen-deprivation therapy for men with prostate cancer carries significant risk for cardiovascular and ...

SELECT further confirmed: Vitamin E, selenium, soy did not prevent ...
HemOncToday - Thorofare,NJ,USA
Vitamin E, selenium and soy did not prevent progression from high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia to prostate cancer, according to the results of ...

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Improves Survival
Medscape - USA
The study involved 512 men with minimally or asymptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer who were randomized in a 2:1 fashion to sipuleucel-T ...

Some Diet Sodas May Ward Off Kidney Stones
Forbes - NY,USA
"There's really very little out there that has much activity against active prostate cancer." Although the evidence is far from conclusive, experts seemed ...

PSA Density Predicts Worse Prostate Cancer Pathology
Renal and Urology News - New York,NY,USA
CHICAGO—PSA density (PSAD) predicts pathologic upstaging following radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer, a study found. The finding suggests that ...

Celebrex-Lipitor Combination Therapy: Alternative Option to Treat ...
American Journal of Hemotology and Oncology - New York,NY,USA
Can combination therapy with Celebrex and Lipitor effectively treat patients with early-stage prostate cancer? A new study at The Cancer Institute of New ...

Prostate Cancer Therapy Hard on Bones, Heart
Cancerpage.com - Marietta,GA,USA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who receive hormone deprivation therapy for prostate cancer are at increased risk of fractures and cardiovascular-related ...

AUA 2009 - Prostate Cancer: Basic Research - Loss of Epithelial ...
UroToday - Berkeley,CA,USA
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Neuropeptides such as gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) confer androgen-independent (AI) growth of LNCaP cells through ...

Prostate treatment could cause other problems
ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA
April 28, 2009 (WLS) -- Men who receive hormone deprivation therapy for prostate cancer could have an increased risk of fractures and cardiovascular-related ...

Prostate cancer vaccine extends survival in study
The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer in a study that tested an entirely new approach ...
 

Statins Alter Prostate Cancer Patients' PSA Levels
Science Daily (press release) - USA
But a new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital finds that statins also can lower PSA levels in men with prostate cancer, potentially altering the ...

Toremifene Can Reduce Fracture Incidence in Patients With Prostate ...
DG News - USA
The study included 1389 men with prostate cancer from the United States and Mexico who were randomised to receive either toremifene 80 mg or a placebo for ...

Dendreon Plunge Baffles CEO as Cancer Drug Said to Prolong Life
Bloomberg - USA
Thirty-three minutes later, the company released results on its treatment for prostate cancer that Chief Officer Mitchell Gold said on CNBC were successful. ...

Men Treated for Localized Prostate Cancer Could Benefit From ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
"This study suggests that pomegranate juice may effectively slow the progression of prostate cancer after unsuccessful treatment," said Christopher Amling, ...

Glaxo drug cuts risk of prostate cancer
Reuters - USA
L) drug Avodart reduces the risk of prostate cancer, results of a large clinical study showed on Monday. The finding is a boost for the British group's ...

Vit. E, Selenium, Soy Doesn't Stop Prostate Cancer
Natural Products Marketplace - Phoenix,Arizona,USA
Researchers studied 303 men with HGPIN, which is a precursor to invasive prostate cancer. The combination treatment of vitamin E, selenium and soy was ...

Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat
New York Times - United States
Likewise, while a diet high in red meat was linked to an increased risk of prostate cancer in the large Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial, ...

Prostate cancer risk lower with long-term use of statins, study says
SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA
... statin drugs for more than 15 years had a lower risk of developing prostate cancer or erectile dysfunction than those who didn't take the drug. ...

Prostate cancer therapy increases risk of fractures and ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Prostate cancer patients who undergo therapy to decrease testosterone levels increase their risk of developing bone- and heart-related side effects compared ...

First Ever Prospective Fracture Study in Prostate Cancer Patients ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
An analysis of placebo group subjects from the clinical trial demonstrates the risk of fracture for men with prostate cancer on ADT. ...

Avodart, Prostate Drug, Found to Reduce Cancer Risk
New York Times - United States
By REUTERS Avodart, a drug from GlaxoSmithKline, reduces the risk of prostate cancer, results of a large clinical study showed on Monday. ...

Doctors issue advice on prostate cancer screening
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Use of the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, blood test for detecting prostate cancer has been dogged by controversy for years. ...

Bone density linked to prostate cancer
United Press International - USA
CHICAGO, April 27 (UPI) -- Men with denser bones may be more likely to develop prostate cancer, US researchers suggest. Johns Hopkins researchers said ...

PSA tests require judgment calls
NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
The test has become a staple for men, as it assesses the possibility of prostate cancer. Why is such a widely used test now considered by some a useless ...

Heart, Bone Problems May Follow Prostate Cancer Treatment
Forbes - NY,USA
MONDAY, April 27 (HealthDay News) -- Though proven effective, treating prostate cancer with the testosterone-lowering treatment known as androgen .

Common gene variant linked to development of prostate cancer
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Researchers have described how a common genetic variation may be involved in the development of prostate cancer. The variant occurs in a gene known to be ...

Varian Medical Systems to Exhibit Full Spectrum of Prostate Cancer ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
"Varian offers state-of-the-art technology for all five of the commonly-used radiotherapy approaches to treating prostate cancer," said Calvin Huntzinger ...

Advanced prostate cancer drug is now available
Modern Medicine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
Degarelix is an FDA-approved gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist that binds immediately and reversibly to pituitary GnRH receptors. ..

Pomegranates 'could prevent prostate cancer'
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Prostate cancer could soon be added to the exhaustive list of health risks reduced by the much celebrated super-food pomegranate, scientists have claimed. ...

Cholesterol Drugs May Protect Prostate, Sex Potency, Study Says
Bloomberg - USA
By Marilyn Chase April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Cholesterol drugs taken to prevent heart attacks may also lower the risk of prostate cancer and impotence in aging ...

Doctors urge baseline test for prostate cancer
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
An influential American doctors group is backing off its call for annual tests after age 50 to screen for prostate cancer. "Many men do not need yearly ...

Vitamin E, selenium and soy in combination does not prevent ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
All participants had HGPIN, a precursor to invasive prostate cancer, as confirmed by a central pathology review in at least one of two biopsies within 18 ...

New active surveillance parameters allow for more individualized ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Active surveillance can offer prostate cancer patients the benefit of an individualized approach based on reclassification of the risk of disease ...

Statins link to healthy prostate
BBC News - UK
One study found statins were linked to reduced risk of prostate cancer, and enlargement of the organ, which can cause urinary problems. ...

FDA Approves Prostate Cancer Drug
ADVANCE for LPNs - King of Prussia,PA,USA
Degarelix, a new drug for treatment of prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of death among men in the US, has gained FDA approval.

Cholesterol drugs may cut risk of prostate cancer
Reuters - USA
LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs may protect men against prostate cancer and other urological complaints, as well as reducing ...

Benefits of prostate cancer screenings remain unclear, according ...
Medill Reports - Chicago,IL,USA
by Mary Squillace Prior to the Bulls' final home game, nearly 260 men took advantage of free prostate cancer screenings at the United Center.

EDAP to Present Prostate Cancer Data At American Urological ...
GlobeNewsWire (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
3-Year Biochemical Failure-Free Rate Following HIFU for Localized Prostate Cancer: Prospective Cohort Single Center Study of 265 Patients will be presented ...

AACR 2009: Genetic Variant Associated With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Medscape - USA
April 21, 2009 (Denver, Colorado) — One of the biggest issues in prostate cancer is differentiating between men who have aggressive tumors that could be

Stress Management Before Surgery Helps Men with Prostate Cancer
Cancer Consultants - Ketchum,ID,USA
An estimated one in six men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer over the course of his lifetime. Options for the management of ...

Prostate Cancer Recurrence Linked to Agent Orange Exposure
Medscape - USA
Dr. Terris advises clinicians to be proactive with Vietnam veterans with regard to prostate cancer. "I encourage fellow clinicians to screen Vietnam ...

Omega-3s - Fish Oils, Flaxseed Oil and Prostate Cancer - What do ...
Natural News.com - Phoenix,AZ,USA
(NaturalNews) Just how good are fish oils, flaxseed oils and other omega-3s at preventing prostate cancer? According to the experts quoted below, ...

What Is a Protein Shake?
Wall Street Journal - USA
Q. Thanks for your excellent articles on prostate cancer (March 31 and April 7). I wonder if bombarding the prostate with 50 or more biopsies might cause ...

Potential genetic prostate cancer variation found
AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Scientists have linked a common genetic variation to the development of prostate cancer, according to a study published Monday. ...

Putting Knowledge to Work – The Genetics of Cancer
Newswise (press release) - USA
Association of UGT2B17, UGT2B7 and UGT2B28 Gene Copy Number with Prostate Cancer Risk Researchers found no association between UGT2B17 and the risk of ...

Dendreon Starts Trial of Cancer Pill
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Dendreon, the Seattle company developing an immune-stimulating therapy for prostate cancer, said today it has started a clinical trial of a cancer drug made ...

'Smart Bomb' Drug Delivery May Increase Effectiveness
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2009) — Researchers may have found a way to combine imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent for the treatment of prostate cancer

Designer T cells reduced PSA in metastatic prostate cancer
HemOncToday - Thorofare,NJ,USA
“The PSA, which is our tumor marker for prostate cancer, went down 50% in one patient and 75% in the second patient,” Junghans said. ...

Agent Orange Exposure Increases Veterans' Risk Of Aggressive ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2009) — Veterans exposed to Agent Orange are at increased risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer, researchers report. ...

Vitamin D Analog Safe in Prostate Cancer
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
Once prostate cancer reaches the hormone-refractory stage, prognosis is poor, with treatment options limited to chemotherapy with docetaxel and a median ...

Cancer Prevention: Diet, Lifestyle and Beyond
Newswise (press release) - USA
Estimation of Absolute Risk for Prostate Cancer Using SNPS and Family History A combination of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and family history may ...

Health Matters
Wall Street Journal - USA
About 185000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the US Experts say most of them have such slow-growing tumors that they would likely die

Foods to beat prostate cancer
Log Cabin Democrat - Conway,AR,USA
In the last few years, a different cancer has touched my family - prostate cancer. So I've already had my husband get checked for it, even if he is young ..

Tagging cancer by the zip code
Charleston Post Courier - Charleston,SC,USA
When it came to prostate cancer, 109 men were diagnosed, 27 more than expected. And more than twice as many men, 27, died from the disease than the 12 ...

Agent Orange exposure increases veterans' risk of aggressive ...
Insciences Organisation - Basel,Switzerland
Veterans exposed to Agent Orange are at increased risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer, researchers report. A study of 1495 veterans who ...

Bench to Bedside: What's on the Horizon
Newswise (press release) - USA
Phase I Trial of Anti-PSMA Designer T Cells in Prostate Cancer Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine and the Roger Williams Medical Center in

Hot Peppers Make Prostate Cancer Cells Die and Taste Buds Come to Life
Natural News.com - Phoenix,AZ,USA
One that has received much recent attention is the ability of capsaicin to make prostate cancer cells commit suicide. In 2006, a team of researchers from ...

Prostate Cancer and FDA Politics
Wall Street Journal - USA
Last week brought hopeful news for prostate cancer patients, with the biotech company Dendreon announcing that its cancer treatment Provenge improved ...

Integrative medicine: Mushrooms, green tea and breast cancer
Stamford Times - Stamford,CT,USA
By Drs. Kay Judge and Maxine Barish-Wreden Hundreds of studies have looked at the potential of mushrooms to prevent and treat cancer, and green tea is ...

Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer
Natural Products Industry Insider - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The authors examined whether vitamin D concentrations were associated with prostate cancer risk in a case-control study nested within the European ...

Study Comparing Large, Small Geographic Areas Suggests Modifiable ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
Researchers used the Michigan Cancer Surveillance Program, which included data on 124218 breast cancer and 120615 prostate cancer patients from 1985 to 2002 ...

Prostate cancer drug gives new hope
eFitnessNow - Venice,California,USA
A new vaccine produced by Dendreon Corp. of Seattle seems to improve survival rates in men with otherwise untreatable metastatic prostate cancer. ...

Vaccine fights prostate cancer after it develops
WFIE-TV - Evansville,IN,USA
(NBC) - A new vaccine awaiting FDA approval may allow men with advanced prostate cancer to live longer. The vaccine is called Provenge and is given to a ...

New Drug Targets Advanced Prostate Cancer
WebMD - USA
By Miranda Hitti April 9, 2009 -- Scientists are developing a new drug to slow advanced prostate cancer that resists other androgen hormone treatment

The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire for Patients with Prostate ...
UroToday - Berkeley,CA,USA
The EORTC Quality of Life (QL) Group has developed a questionnaire, the EORTC QLQ-PR25, for evaluating QL in prostate cancer. The aim of this study is to ...

Brown seaweed a source of relief for some with prostate cancer
Sun newspapers - Port Charlotte,FL,USA
ENGLEWOOD -- Members of a local prostate cancer support group quietly have been harvesting their own seaweed from area beaches for relief from one of the ...

Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer Shows Promise
Drug Discovery & Development - Rockaway,NJ,USA
The drug has also been shown to shrink prostate cancer lesions seen on imaging studies. The Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute is ...

Autopsy Study Links Prostate Cancer to Single Rogue Cell
AScribe (press release) - USA
Now, Johns Hopkins experts have tracked how the cancer process began in 33 men with prostate cancer who died of the disease. ...

Daily News: Omega-3 Could Fight Advanced Prostate Cancer
Nurse.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
The April issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research reports men could get protection from advanced prostate cancer from omega-3 fatty acids

Dendreon Says Cancer Drug Extends Life
Wall Street Journal - USA
There, they cause the body's immune system to mount an attack by seeking out cells that have the prostate cancer protein. "Assuming there are no flaws in ...

Longer Hormone Therapy May Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate
Cancerpage.com - Marietta,GA,USA
By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Androgen suppression of locally advanced prostate cancer appears to be more successful when treatment is ...

Hair-growing drug reduces risk of prostate cancer
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
By Ed Yeates MURRAY -- A popular hair-growing drug may become a routine daily pill men can take to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. ...

Prostate cancer vaccine said to 'significantly' prolong survival
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
A controversial prostate cancer vaccine produced by Dendreon Corp. of Seattle "significantly" improves survival of patients, the company said Tuesday ...

PREVIEW-Glaxo hopes for boost from prostate cancer study
Reuters - USA
... than initially hoped but the world's second-biggest drugmaker could get a significant boost if a prostate cancer study hits expectations this month. ...

Lifelong Health: Studies say PSA tests don't reduce number of ...
Bend Weekly - Bend,OR,USA
by Dr. David Lipschitz Though the debate over screening for prostate cancer has been brewing for years, new information further questions the role of the ...

Cancer and Diet: The Latest Numbers are In
Synapse - San Francisco,CA,USA
The number one diagnosed cancer in the US is prostate cancer (142.4), followed by breast (117.7), lung (67.7) and colorectal (48.3) cancers.

Antiandrogens Show Potential Against Prostate Cancer MDV3100, a ...
Modern Medicine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
TUESDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Two compounds that bind to androgen receptors in prostate cancer cells may hold promise as therapies for advanced

Black-white cancer mortality gap starts with incidence rates
American Medical News (subscription) - USA
According to a study in the February 2008 Cancer, which analyzed Medicare treatment data for colorectal, breast, lung and prostate cancer, ...

Dendreon says prostate drug ‘significantly prolongs survival’
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Dendreon Corp. said the result of a study of its Provenge cancer drug indicates it “significantly prolongs survival in men with advanced prostate cancer. ...

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Meets Goal
WebMD - USA
By Miranda Hitti April 14, 2009 -- Provenge, an experimental treatment vaccine for advanced prostate cancer, met researchers' goal in a key trial needed for ...

Trial Drug May Slow Down Advanced Prostate Cancer
TestCountry.com - San Diego,CA,USA
Trials are ongoing for an experimental drug that may be used for patients with advanced prostate cancer. Initial results for the first trial were reported ...

Where you live may effect cancer survival
Reuters - USA
In support of their hypothesis, the study revealed that whites had significantly higher survival rates of prostate and breast cancer compared with blacks ...

Dendreon Reports Positive Results From Phase 3 Prostate Cancer ...
HealthKnowItAll - Cotuit,MA,USA
Boston (HealthKnowItAll) - Early results from an experimental prostate cancer drug made by Dendreon have proven very positive. Provenge is the name of the ...

Dendreon prostate cancer drug prolongs survival in trial
MarketWatch - USA
By David B. Wilkerson , , ) said Tuesday that its Provenge treatment prolonged the survival of men who had advanced prostate cancer in a Phase III trial of ...

Researchers Pinpoint Prognostic Markers for Prostate Cancer
Genetic Engineering News (press release) - New Rochelle,NY,USA
Three proteins, eNOS, ERß, and HIF-2a, can serve as biomarkers for aggressive prostate cancer, according to a research team from Regina Elena Cancer ...
Drugs Effective in Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer Two compounds ...
Modern Medicine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
MONDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Two compounds are effective in treating advanced prostate cancer resistant to first-line treatments, according to ...

Dendreon Reports Success Of Prostate Cancer Vaccine
Wall Street Journal - USA
(DNDN) nearly tripled its value after reporting that its controversial prostate cancer treatment Provenge successfully prolonged patient survival, ...

Dendreon cancer drug meets late-stage study goal
Forbes - NY,USA
Provenge is technically a cancer vaccine and treats prostate cancer by stimulating the body's immune system and prompting it to fight the condition. ...

Source: Urology Times
Modern Medicine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
Bronx, NY—Results of a community-based case-control study show that men with prostate cancer carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 founder mutations have an increased ...

Cancer detection from a drop of blood
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
Early detection is the key to surviving cancer. Early detection explains the 99% five-year survival rate for prostate cancer in the USA and the 91% ...

Study Of Neighborhoods Points To Modifiable Factors, Not Race, In ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The study examined breast and prostate cancer survival rates at different geographic levels, and the results suggest that there are significant societal

Benefit of endocrine therapy plus radiotherapy outweigh QOL risks ...
HemOncToday - Thorofare,NJ,USA
Adding radiotherapy to endocrine treatment in men with locally advanced prostate cancer increased urinary, bowel and sexual function symptoms, according to ...

Facts to consider in prostate cancer cases
Boston Globe - United States
I APPLAUD the Globe's April 2 editorial "Prostate cancer conundrum." I was diagnosed with this disease at age 56 in 2001. I opted for treatment,

Gene Fusion Discovery May Lead to Improved Prostate Cancer Test
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
The findings, reported in the April 1 issue of Cancer Research, may lead to more accurate tests for prostate cancer. The gene fusion biomarker is also a ...

Drug drops PSA in men with prostate cancer
United Press International - USA
NEW YORK, April 9 (UPI) -- An experimental drug lowers prostate specific antigen levels -- a marker for tumor growth -- in men with advanced prostate cancer ...

New Drug Shows Promise In Treating Drug-resistant Prostate Cancer
Science Daily (press release) - USA
ScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2009) — A new therapy for metastatic prostate cancer has shown considerable promise in early clinical trials involving patients whose ...

Blood in urine can indicate bladder cancer
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
A prostate specific antigen test can indicate the presence of prostate cancer. He consistently had a low resting heart rate, and his blood pressure readings ...

Omega-3 EPA/DHA May Decrease Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
While there is no one, single cause of prostate cancer, there are several factors that appear to increase the risk of developing it, including diet. ...

Successful Early Prostate Cancer Screening by Three-Dimensional ...
UroToday International Journal - Berkeley,CA,USA
INTRODUCTION: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening has been used successfully for the early detection of prostate cancer, but it does not localize the ...

PFC-Cancer Link Disputed
WebMD - USA
During the study period, 713 cases of prostate cancer, 332 cases of bladder cancer, 128 cases of pancreatic cancer, and 67 cases of liver cancer were ...

Omega-3s May Protect Against Prostate Cancer
Natural Products Industry Insider - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The case-control study used 466 men diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer and 478 age- and ethnicity-matched controls. Researchers found increasing

New Medications Show Promise in Treating Drug-Resistant Prostate ...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Chevy Chase,MD,USA
A new therapy for metastatic prostate cancer has shown considerable promise in early clinical trials involving patients whose disease has become resistant ...

Medivation prostate drug shows promise-study
Reuters - USA
WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - A prostate cancer drug that takes a new approach to blocking tumor growth helped more than 40 percent of men with advanced

Early trials are promising for new prostate cancer drug
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA
The journal Science is reporting positive results from early trials of a new drug for advanced prostate cancer. See the report at http://www.sciencemag.org ...

Components of the Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Prostate Cancer ...
UroToday - Berkeley,CA,USA
The metabolic syndrome has been suggested as a unifying link between a "western" lifestyle and an increased prostate cancer risk. ...
Common Industrial Chemicals May Not Boost Cancer Risk
Forbes - NY,USA
The researchers identified 713 people who were later diagnosed with prostate cancer, 332 with bladder cancer, 128 with pancreatic cancer, and 67 with liver ...

PFC-Cancer Link Disputed
WebMD - USA
During the study period, 713 cases of prostate cancer, 332 cases of bladder cancer, 128 cases of pancreatic cancer, and 67 cases of liver cancer were ...

New Prostate Cancer Drug May Hold Promise
Forbes - NY,USA
TUESDAY, April 7 (HealthDay News) -- A new drug with a radically different way of attacking prostate cancer has done well in an initial trial and is ready ...

Perfluorinated Chemicals Not Associated with Cancer in General ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Within this cohort, the researchers identified 713 participants who were later diagnosed with prostate cancer, 332 with bladder cancer, 128 with pancreatic ...

Stress Management Battles Prostate Cancer Anxiety
Forbes - NY,USA
"We know that for men with early-stage prostate cancer, the time when they are making treatment decisions is very stressful. A radical prostatectomy is not ...

Advances in cancer screening, treatments aid patients
American Veterinary Medical Association - Schaumburg,IL,USA
The American Cancer Society estimated that 1.4 million new cases of cancer would be diagnosed in 2008, led by prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in ...

PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION SUPPORTS BILL THAT WILL BE LIFE ...
News Health Guru - New York,NY,USA
Since it’s the first sweeping cancer legislation in the US in over thirty years, it’s little wonder that research groups like the Prostate Cancer Foundation ...


Does PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer Save Lives?
Men's News Daily - Guerneville,CA,USA
DOES PSA TESTING FOR PROSTATE CANCER SAVE LIVES? Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in men. Approximately 190000 new cases of ...

Your Health: Vitamin D may be better than Vitamin C for colds, flu
Bend Weekly - Bend,OR,USA
Findings from several small clinical trials suggest that vitamin D also may thwart the progression of prostate cancer. In men diagnosed with the disease, ...

Leading US-Based Prostate Cancer Organizations Develop Joint ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
WASHINGTON , April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The prostate cancer education and advocacy community has come together to collaborate on and develop a ...

Interviewed Experts Expect Taxotere to Increase Overall Survival ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The new report entitled Stage III Prostate Cancer: Oncologists Ready for New Type of Therapy finds that a drug that improves five-year disease-specific ...

Prostate Cancer Foundation Funds $1.0 Million in New Creativity ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced that it has funded ten Creativity Awards for advanced prostate cancer research. ...

Supplements Offer No Prostate Cancer Protection
Curetoday.com (press release) - Dallas,TX,USA
“The results showed no benefit to taking either agent for any endpoint—prostate cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, all cancers, cardiovascular disease, ...

Positive Margins Do Not Predict Prostate Cancer Mortality
Renal and Urology News - New York,NY,USA
ORLANDO—Positive surgical margins (PSM) in men who have undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) for localized prostate cancer do not independently predict ...

Individualizing Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment
Renal and Urology News - New York,NY,USA
ORLANDO—Dutch researchers say they have devised a personalized risk calculator that may help determine a man's future risk of prostate cancer. ...

"Watchful waiting" safe for some prostate cancers
Reuters - USA
By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Carefully selected men with "low-risk" prostate cancer can safely delay treatment and opt instead for active ...

ARAY: Positive Data re CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer ...
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Accuray Incorporated (ARAY) announced the publication of the results from a prospective clinical study on CyberKnife radiosurgery for prostate cancer, ...

Nationwide screening 'could halve cases of prostate cancer'
Daily Mail - UK
By Daniel Martin A nationwide prostate cancer screening programme could slash cases of the disease by 54 per cent, a major study has shown.

Prostate Cancer Patients in US and Europe Receive Treatments Using
FOXBusiness - USA
The use of permanent seed implants for LDR brachytherapy for early stage prostate cancer has increased in recent years. In this technique, radioactive seeds

Prostate cancer screenings: a second opinion
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
And the older men get, the more likely it is that they have prostate cancer. Autopsies of men in their 70s have found that about 80% of them had the disease ...

Statin Use Reduces Prostate Cancer Mortality
Renal and Urology News - New York,NY,USA
ORLANDO—Statin use is associated with a nearly two thirds reduced risk of death from prostate cancer, a study found. The finding is based on a study of 760 ...

FDA OKs late-stage Medivation prostate cancer trial
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Medivation Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) will move forward with a pivotal Phase III trial of its drug, MDV-3100, to treat a form of prostate cancer. ...

Prostate cancer conundrum
Boston Globe - United States
MORE MEN die from prostate cancer than from any other form of the disease besides lung cancer. The development of a PSA blood test, followed by biopsies for ...

IP6 is Highly Effective Alternative Treatment for Cancer
Natural News.com - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Scientists had previously found that IP6 increased the activity of genes that control proteins in human prostate cancer cells lacking functional p53, ...

Prostate Cancer Surgery Outcome Not Linked to BMI
Renal and Urology News - New York,NY,USA
Researchers have found that BMI does not predict adverse outcome in prostate cancer patients following radical prostatectomy (RP).

C-Reactive Protein, Interleukin-6, and Prostate Cancer Risk in Men ...
UroToday - Berkeley,CA,USA
Inflammation is believed to play a role in prostate cancer (PCa) etiology, but it is unclear whether inflammatory markers C-reactive protein (CRP) and ...

Prostate cancer screening: What's a dude to do?
CNN - USA
Andrew Traver, second from left, credits prostate cancer screening with saving his life. He got the disease at 44. Traver didn't have any particular reason ...

Selenium, Vitamin E Don’t Prevent Prostate Cancer
CancerWise - USA
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 180000 American men ...


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