Prostate cancer screening requires common sense
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »The blood test that screens for prostate cancer often allows doctors to find the cancer at such an early stage that the disease may not need to be treated. Unfortunately, they are often unable to determine which cancers would remain slow-growing and ...
Lowering Cholesterol May Stop Prostate Cancer Development and Progression
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer prevention, prostate cancer risks | 1 Comment »A recent study exploring the relationship between low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and prostate- specific antigen (PSA) has found that low cholesterol levels may help reduce a person's PSA level. This new study confirms that evidence and highlights the fact that ...
Cancer Screening Programmes Do Not Show Real Benefit
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer prevention | 1 Comment »There is a new option that confirms that prostate cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer. Its name is Cyberknife and what normally would take eight weeks, the Cyberknife does in five days. So patients don't have ...