Dehydrated Tomatoes Show Promise for Preventing Prostate Cancer
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »New research suggests that the form of tomato product one eats could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential, according to a report in the June 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for ...
Diagnostic X-ray Raises Prostate Cancer Risk
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »Exposure of the prostate gland to diagnostic radiological procedures may increase cancer risk, according to a UK study in the June 3, 2008 issue of British Journal of Cancer. Ionizing radiation, commonly used in diagnostic tools and radiotherapy, is a human ...
Estrogen Helps Drive Distinct, Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers led by a Weill Cornell Medical College scientist have pinpointed the hormone estrogen as a key player in about half of all prostate cancers. Their study conclusion is that estrogen-dependent molecular pathways appear to play a crucial role in regulating ...
Vitamin D Status Not Associated With Lower Prostate Risk
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer risks | 1 Comment »But study finds evidence of slight link between higher concentrations, aggressive disease National Cancer Institute researchers report recently that men with a high blood concentration of vitamin D don't have a reduced risk of prostate cancer. Previous laboratory studies had suggested ...
A New Method May Reduce Unnecessary Prostate Biopsies
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »U.S. researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Prostate Diagnostic Center and the Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia said biopsies targeted to areas of increased blood flow in the prostate were twice as likely to be positive for cancer compared with conventional ...
Some Men Do Not Need Prostate Screeneing
Sunday, May 25th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention, prostate cancer risks | 1 Comment »Prostate cancer screening is an important tool in detecting the disease early, when it’s most treatable. However, researchers say the cancer is sometimes slow to progress and therefore may not require immediate treatment. For older patients, a slow growing cancer ...
MR Imaging Accurately Determines Prostate Cancer Treatment Failure
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in hifu | No Comments »A new study shows that dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) plus diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) can accurately diagnose residual or recurrent prostate cancer in patients treated with high-intensity focused ultrasonic (HIFU) ablation. The study found that DWI had fewer false positives ...
Radiation for Prostate Cancer Raises Risk of Other Cancers
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »According to a study at University of Montreal's Department of Urology, men undergoing external beam radiation for localized prostate cancer may have a slightly increased risk of developing other cancers. The researchers said during a Monday teleconference at the American Urological ...
Radiation Improves Survival for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A new long-study at Cancer Care Northwest Spokane, Washington., says that men with advanced prostate cancer that hasn't spread beyond the gland should receive radiation therapy as soon as the prostate has been removed. Scientists found that overall survival increased among ...
Link between breast and prostate cancer found
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer risks | 1 Comment »A research funded by Australia's National Breast Cancer Foundation and carried out by researchers at kConFab, an Australian and New Zealand consortium for research into familial breast cancer, said that men from families where the women have high rates of breast ...