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 ...
One-fifth of men under 50 do prostate test
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »One-fifth of men under age 50 report having had a prostate specific antigen test to detect prostate cancer in the previous year, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at Duke University Medicine's Prostate Center said only one in three young black men reported ...
Schneck to host free prostrate exams
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »The Schneck Medical Center Foundation will again sponsor free prostate cancer screening tests on Sept. 11, 16, and Oct. 7. The screenings will be at Schneck’s Cancer Center on the medical center campus. You must have a scheduled appointment to ...
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 ...
PSA test could be a high risk for older men
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »According to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force doctors should stop testing elderly men for prostate cancer because the blood test, known as PSA, that millions of men undergo each year leads to so much unnecessary anxiety, surgery and complications. The federal ...
Innovative Imaging Technologies Needed for Prostate Cancer Detection and Treatment
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »Recently Congress took two key actions that recognized the value of imaging technologies in the fight against prostate cancer. AdvaMed is pleased that the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee included important language in its FY ...
Blocking Signaling Protein Prevents Prostate Cancer Spread
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson in Philadelphia have shown that by blocking a signaling protein, they can prevent prostate cancer cells from metastatic dissemination. The finding opens the door to future studies examining the protein as a target for ...
Healthy lifestyle improves the prostate cancer condition
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in alternative treatments, prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »In a small study, researchers of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, tracked 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer who decided against conventional medical treatment such as radiation, surgery or hormone therapy. In their final conclusion, researchers said on ...
Experts debate the use of prostate cancer drug
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »A new research shows that Finasteride (Proscar) reduces the risk of prostate cancer in all men, regardless of their risk level for the disease. The drug blocks the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a hormone active mostly in the prostate ...
New Prostate Cancer Test on Anvil
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »Gentag Inc. and MacroArray Technologies LLC are developing a low-cost, wireless test that detects cancer early on. Designed like a pregnancy test, a male gives a urine sample on a test strip that contains an imbedded wireless sensor tag, and the ...