The best treatment options prostate cancer under investigation
Saturday, July 19th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. Over the last 30 years prostate cancer rates have tripled, largely due to the increasing use of PSA testing, which has led to more diagnoses. Recently, a new Cancer ...
Sexual Life After Prostate Removal
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »One of the most feared side effects of therapy for prostate cancer is the impact on sexual health. According to National Cancer Institute in US, about 219.000 men have been diagnosed prostate cancer every year and almost a half of ...
Possible link found between diagnostic radiation and prostate cancer
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Researchers at The University of Nottingham have shown an association between certain past diagnostic radiation procedures and an increased risk of young-onset prostate cancer - a rare form of prostate cancer which affects about 10 per cent of all men ...
Drug prevents bone loss in prostate cancer
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »In a study, Amgen Inc's experimental drug Denosumab reduced the risk of osteoporosis and fracture in men being treated with prostate cancer medicines that can cause bone loss, the company said on Monday. But investors remain focused on upcoming data that ...
From chemotherapy to exercise therapy
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in prostate chemotherapy, prostate related | No Comments »The standard weapons in the fight against cancer - surgery, chemotherapy and radiation - may soon be joined by something far simpler: exercise. New research shows that regular physical activity helps reduce the risk of recurrence of breast cancer and slows ...
Researchers locate and image prostate cancer as it spreads to lymph nodes
Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Using an engineered common cold virus, UCLA researchers delivered a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells that allowed them, using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), to locate the diseased cells as they spread to the lymph nodes, the first place prostate ...
ED from prostate cancer hormone therapy treatable
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »A new study shows that a substantial minority of men receiving so-called androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, for prostate cancer experience erectile dysfunction (ED). However, many respond well to ED therapy, doctors from Memphis have found. [ read full article ...
Protein that underpins prostate cancer cells to cause disease in bones unveiled
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, have gained fresh insights into the mechanisms by which prostate cancer cells spread to the bones.The researchers point out that death mainly occurs as a result of the tumour ...
Study Indicates Certain Men Benefit from Salvage Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in prostatectomy, radiation therapy | No Comments »In the June 18, 2008 edition of JAMA, Dr. Bruce Trock and associates reported on prostate cancer (CaP) specific survival following salvage radiotherapy (XRT) vs. observation in men with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP). They found a benefit to ...
Hormonal therapy for localized tumors are not doing any favor to patients
Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in hormone therapy, prostate cancer | No Comments »One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Guidelines promulgated by national organizations recommend one of three approaches for treating such tumors: surgical removal, radiation therapy or expectant management, better known as watchful waiting. A ...