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Statins alter prostate cancer patients' PSA levels
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Beyond lowering cholesterol, statin medications have been found to have numerous other health benefits, including lowering a healthy man's risk of developing advanced prostate cancer, as well as lowering his prostate-specific ...
Molecular fingerprints point the way to earlier cancer diagnosis and more targeted treatment
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Metabolites are molecular fingerprints of what your cells are up to and Dr. Arun Sreekumar wants to know the impression made by cancer.
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PSA screening may be biased against obese men, leading to more aggressive cancers
Aug 08, 2008 |
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Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And ...
New study bolsters case for preventive prostate cancer treatment
Jul 07, 2009 |
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For the last six years, doctors have faced a dilemma about whether to treat men at risk of prostate cancer with the drug finasteride. On one hand, the drug had been shown to prevent cancer in about one of every four patients ...
Minimally invasive surgery shown safe and effective treatment for rectal cancer
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Laparoscopic surgery has been used in the treatment of intestinal disorders for close to 20 years, but its benefits have only recently begun to be extended to people with rectal cancer. In a prospective study of 103 patients ...
Proton therapy is well-tolerated in prostate cancer patients
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Proton beam therapy can be safely delivered to men with prostate cancer and has minimal urinary and rectal side effects, according to a study presented November 2, 2009, at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 51st ...
Prostate Cancer Screening Exams Not Necessary for Some Men (w/Video)
Mar 18, 2009 |
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The prostate cancer screening tests that have become an annual ritual for many men don't appear to reduce deaths from the disease among those with a limited life-expectancy, according to early results of a major U.S. study ...
New mammography technology improves cancer detection
Nov 28, 2007 |
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A new radiological diagnostic tool called stereo mammography allows clinicians to detect more lesions and could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional tests following routine screening mammography.
1 in 5 young men has had recent prostate cancer test
Aug 11, 2008 |
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A new analysis finds that one in five men in their 40s has had a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test within the previous year and that young black men are more likely than young white men to have undergone the test. The ...
Online tool supports more dialogue on prostate cancer risk
Feb 04, 2008 |
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A comprehensive, clinical nomogram tool, the Sunnybrook Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator – the first to use all known risk factors for prostate cancer – is available online to help men determine individual prostate cancer ...
Active surveillance a viable option for low-risk prostate cancer
May 15, 2008 |
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Active surveillance remains a viable option for low-risk, localized prostate cancer, according to two studies presented today during the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA), yet researchers ...
No magic tomato? Study breaks link between lycopene and prostate cancer prevention
May 17, 2007 |
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Tomatoes might be nutritious and tasty, but don’t count on them to prevent prostate cancer. In the May issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, researchers based at the National Cancer Institute and Fred H ...
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