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Relationship between prostate information and lower urinary-tract symptoms evident

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Arnhem, 13 November 2008 -- In the December issue of European Urology (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/eururo) Dr. Curtis Nickel and associates report on the evidence of a relationship between prostate inflammation and lower ...





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Link found between Trichomonas sexual infection and risk of aggressive prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers has found a strong association between the common sexually transmitted infection, Trichomonas vaginalis, and risk of adv ...


Prostate cancer may be caused by virus, study indicates

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Mounting evidence indicates that prostate cancer is an infectious disease caused by a recently identified virus.


Blocking the effect of inflammation-causing cells lowered prostate cancer cells invasion

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 08, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Recent studies have suggested an association between chronic inflammation and cancers of the prostate, colon, stomach and liver. Now scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine report success in blocking ...


Common painkillers lower levels of prostate cancer biomarker

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created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Common painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen appear to lower a man's PSA level, the blood biomarker widely used by physicians to help gauge whether a man is at risk of prostate cancer.


New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring ...


African-American men at higher risk of false positives in prostate testing

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can be frightening news for men, new research shows that sometimes the levels are caused by a naturally occurring hormone, and may not indicate a need ...


Mapping of prostate cancer genes opens the door to new treatments

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created May 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Genetic changes during the initiation and progression of prostate cancer have eluded scientists to date. Now for the first time researchers have identified a specific gene expression profile of prostate cancer stem cells, ...


Scientists find that drug stimulated immune system in prostate cancer

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created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In a multi-site study, Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have found that a drug called Ipilimumab, also known as MDX-010, works to stimulate the body's own immune system to fight prostate cancer. ...


Fatigue related to radiotherapy may be caused by inflammation

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients who experience fatigue during radiotherapy for breast or prostate cancer may be reacting to activation of the proinflammatory cytokine network, a known inflammatory pathway, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Re ...


OHSU Cancer Institute researcher identifies protein marker for prostate cancer survival

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created Jun 01, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have identified a protein that is a strong indicator of survival for men with advanced prostate cancer. The C-reactive protein, also known as ...



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