Testosterone Levels in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy and Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | 3 Comments »Circulating testosterone, are known to play key roles in prostate growth. The underlying mechanism of action remains unknown because androgen mediates complex interactions among many prostate growth factors, hormones and cell lines. Prostate cancer has often been linked with low testosterone levels. The ...
Prostate Cancer Deaths Down After PSAs
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | 1 Comment »Prostate specific antigen, or PSA testing, was introduced to the Tyrol in 1988 and since 1993 it has been freely available to all men ages 45 to 75, and to men under 40 with a family history of the prostate ...
Prostate Man Campaign Earns National Recognition
Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer prevention | 2 Comments »Prostate Man, Regional Cancer Care and the former Northern Cancer Research Foundation have been recognized for the Take it Like a Man...Prostate Man awareness campaign. The campaign was developed about a year ago by marketing firm Generator, whose design helped ...
A Simple Blood Test May Predict Prostate Cancer Survival
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | 1 Comment »In the future, a simple blood test could help patients, physicians know more about survivability. A recent study at Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute has identified a protein that is a good indicator of survival for men with advanced prostate cancer. ...
Psychotherapy Can Be Promising in Advanced Cancer Patients
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments | No Comments »According to a study at the Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, psychotherapy can be a promising treatment for ameliorating depressive states in advanced cancer patients if they prefer to receive it. Supportive group therapy diminished depression almost as ...
Cancer Screening Programmes Do Not Show Real Benefit
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »There is a new option that confirms that prostate cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer. Its name is Cyberknife and what normally would take eight weeks, the Cyberknife does in five days. So patients don't have ...
Cyberknife a New Option for Prostate Cancer
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 2 Comments »There is a new option that confirms that prostate cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer. Its name is Cyberknife and what normally would take eight weeks, the Cyberknife does in five days. So patients don't have ...
Oriental Mushroom May Help Fight Prostate Cancer
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments | 1 Comment »A new study in the United States suggest that an exotic mushroom widely used in oriental medicine contains chemicals that may fight prostate cancer. Extracts of the fungus, Phellinus linteus, have been used for centuries by eastern healers, who believe ...
Survival Rates for Prostate Cancer ‘far Better in US’
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 1 Comment »A new research at the University of Bristol, compared prostate cancer death-rates in the UK and US between 1975 and 2004. The study has shown that prostate cancer death-rates have fallen almost four times faster in the US than in the UK ...
Combination of Drugs to Terminate Prostate Cancer
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate related | 1 Comment »Scientists found that two drugs used to treat cholesterol and arthritis can halt the progress of prostate cancer. A combination of Celebrex, an anti-inflammatory drug, and the statin Lipitor kept the cancer in its less aggressive early stage in tests ...