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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Prostate Cancer Vaccine Looks Promising in Early Trial
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | No Comments »According to the results of an early trial at the University of Iowa a therapeutic vaccine to treat prostate cancer appears safe and may be effective. The vaccine could give hope to men with metastatic prostate cancer by activating their immune ...
High fat diet linked to prostate cancer
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 1 Comment »A recent U.S. study at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston said that men who ate diets low in saturated fat after having the prostate removed to treat cancer had better survival rates. Conclusions follow a survey involving 390 patients who underwent ...
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 ...
New Vaccine Prevents Prostate Cancer in Mice
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »University of Southern California (USC) researchers have come up with a test vaccine that successfully prevents prostate cancer development in 90 percent of mice genetically engineered to contract the disease. This preventive vaccine is the new approach that specifically target the ...
Prostate Cancer Risk an Age-Old Problem
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer risks | 1 Comment »Launching Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, the Irish Cancer Society revealed less than a third of men know age is the single biggest risk factor in developing prostate cancer. Experts said there is still an immense amount of work to do in ...
Researchers Identify New Gene Linked to Prostate Cancer
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer | 1 Comment »A multi-group team leaded by University of Michigan researchers has recently identified six new genes that play a significant role in the development of type 2 diabetes. Among this group researchers found the second gene known to also play a ...
Effective Chemotherapeutic Agents Used in Prostate Cancer Treatment
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in prostate chemotherapy | 3 Comments »Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in the United States. Although most are diagnosed at earlier stages of disease, a significant number of patients will eventually progress to metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC) and will receive chemotherapy. A recent ...