News tagged with prostate
The tall and short of diseases
Nov 25, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research shows that being taller means a fatter pay check and an increased risk of some cancers.
Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 18, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive nanotechnology-based tool known as the biobarcode system, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen ...
Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth
Nov 18, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of ...
New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer
Nov 05, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (9) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Yale University have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body’s immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells. Their ...
Prostate Cancer Surgery Performed by Many Surgeons with Little Experience
Nov 19, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has found that the majority of surgeons treating prostate cancer in the United States have extremely low annual caseloads, potentially ...
Study uncovers key to how 'triggering event' in cancer occurs
Oct 29, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered what leads to two genes fusing together, a phenomenon that has been shown to cause prostate cancer to develop.
African-American men at higher risk of false positives in prostate testing
Nov 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
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 ...
Routine evaluation of prostate size not as effective in cancer screening (w/ Video)
Nov 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
New Mayo Clinic research studied the association between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and prostate size and found that routine annual evaluation of prostate growth is not necessarily a predictor for the development ...
Chemo-radiation before prostate removal may prevent cancer recurrence
Nov 04, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center have found a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy given before prostate removal is ...
Tumor-initiating Cells Detected in Pten Null Prostate Cancer Model
Nov 12, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- New findings published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, advance the current understanding of the role of stem/progenitor cells on the initiation and progression of pro ...
New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary
Nov 06, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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 ...
Does prostate-specific antigen velocity help in early detection prostate cancer?
Nov 05, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
The November issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article focussing on prostate specific antigen (PSA) velocity and early cancer detection. It has been sugges ...
Cancer patients want honesty, compassion from their oncologist
Nov 04, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
What do patients want from their radiation oncologists? The most significant preference is that more than one-third of female cancer patients (37 percent) prefer to have their hands held by their radiation oncologists during ...
Blood vessels might predict prostate cancer behavior
Nov 03, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A diagnosis of prostate cancer raises the question for patients and their physicians as to how the tumor will behave. Will it grow quickly and aggressively and require continuous treatment, or slowly, allowing therapy and ...
Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?
Nov 04, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
A patient's socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a new study from Henry Ford ...
