Alternative Vaccine Strategy Shows Promise in Prostate Cancer Patients
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »Therapeutic cancer vaccines are designed to treat cancer by stimulating the immune system to attack tumor cells without harming normal cells. New research indicates that giving patients a continuous low dose of an immune system booster, a method known as metronomic ...
Seattle researchers find genetic scrap in prostate cancer that could yield a test
Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »In the study, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, cancer researchers in Seattle reported they isolated dozens of microRNAs from human blood plasma, the liquid left after cells are removed. Using mice implanted with human prostate ...
Surgery Helps With Prostate Cancer, Sometimes
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostatectomy | No Comments »The latest update from a European study that has followed men with prostate cancer for more than a decade leaves the debate about the advantages of aggressive treatment versus "watchful waiting" undecided. The advantage in survival seen for men who underwent ...
Salvage Options For Biochemical Recurrence After Primary Therapy For Prostate Cancer
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostatectomy, radiation therapy | No Comments »Despite excellent success rates with radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer, a significant number of patients will experience a rise in their serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. A variety of salvage options in this scenario have ...
Following Successful Completion of Final Clinical Trials a New Prostate Cancer Test is Ready for Commercialization
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 1 Comment »Health Discovery Corporation announced that HDC's new gene-based molecular diagnostic test for prostate cancer has now successfully completed it's Phase III double-blind clinical trial and is now ready for commercialization to be used by physicians on their patients at risk ...
Estrogen patch shows promise for prostate cancer
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A preliminary research in UK suggests that a patch that delivers estrogen through the skin may prove useful in treating advanced cases of prostate cancer. UK researchers found that estrogen patches have the potential to lower testosterone levels with a lesser ...
Delay in body growth linked to prostate cancer
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention, prostate cancer risks | No Comments »An Italian research team lead by Dr. Paola Muti of the Italian National Cancer Institute, Rome, concluded that boys who reach their adult body size in their early 20s may be more prone to prostate cancer later in life than ...
Obese Men Face Twin Threat From Prostate Cancer
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate related | 1 Comment »The standard screening test for prostate cancer may not be accurate for obese men, leaving them more vulnerable to the disease, and surgery is less likely to be effective for them, a new pair of studies found. The study, published online ...
New Gene Combination May Cause Deadly Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate related | No Comments »Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research have found that the partnering of two genes could be responsible for up to 600 British men developing a drug resistant and potentially deadly form of prostate cancer each year. The international study, published ...
Quality of prostate cancer treatment is related to the place where the man lives
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 1 Comment »U.S. researchers said that where a man lives in the United States affects the quality of care he gets if treated for early stage prostate cancer. Lead author Dr. Benjamin A. Spencer of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York ...