New drug may reverse bone loss without estrogens side effects, Science study says
... men as well as women. Because androgen stimulates prostate cancer, men with the disease typically have their prostate removed or take androgen-inhibiting drugs, leaving them vulnerable to osteoporosis. "It's very exci...Promising new treatment preserves bone mass in mice; May help women and men with osteoporosis
...kewise, giving testosterone to men might encourage prostate disease. Because estren appears to be specific for the pathway of cellular activity that it turns on, but not for an individual organ or tissue, Dr. Manolagas is hopeful that it might also prove useful in other areas. These could include treating...Prostate cancer program at UCLAs Jonsson Cancer Center designated a site of research excellence
The prostate cancer program at UCLAs Jonsson Cancer Center and ...1.5 million grant to further expand UCLAs renowned prostate cancer program, pulling in researchers and clinicians from a variety of disciplines to work together...Doctors too embarrassed to discuss sex
...nt's sexual activity. For instance, treatment for prostate cancer may also affect erectile function. Women with ovarian cancer worry whether sex is safe or even infectious. "It is easy for health care professionals to assume that their patients' sex life is irrelevant, particularly if the patient is old or...Emotional well-being in patients who make treatment choices
...ed groups of women with breast cancer and men with prostate cancer. The women in Canada tend to regard their...than European women. Data from men in Canada with prostate cancer also shows that they want to take an active role in treatment choices and, like the women, ha...Correction for reporting delays and errors may lead to changes in recent cancer incidence data
...t cancer, colorectal cancer, lung/bronchus cancer, prostate cancer, and melanoma. The authors note that the pe...x) to 14% for melanoma (regardless of sex) and for prostate cancer in black males. Prior years have smaller corrections. They found that it would take 4 to 17 y...Other highlights in the October 16 issue of JNCI
...in expression patterns may help distinguish benign prostate conditions from prostate cancer in men with normal or elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which is considered...Protein patterns may aid prostate cancer detection
...attern of proteins in blood may distinguish benign prostate conditions from prostate cancer more effectively than the current biomarker for the disease: protein specific antigen, or PSA...Protein patterns in blood may predict prostate cancer diagnosis
...patients' blood serum may help distinguish between prostate cancer and benign conditions, scientists from the ...g whether to perform a biopsy in men with elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels. Using a test that can analyze the patterns of small proteins in blood...Cancer survival rates higher than previously assumed
... testicular cancer, exceeded 80% for melanomas and prostate cancer, were about 80% for endometrial cancer, and almost 70% for bladder cancer and Hodgkin's disease. A 20-year relative survival rate of 65% was estimated for breast cancer, of 60% for cervical cancer, and of about 50% for colorectal, ovarian, and...$12 Million SPORE grant spurs head and neck cancer research
...ded in 1999. In 2001, M. D. Anderson received both prostate and bladder SPORE grants, making it the first institution to hold two such genitourinary cancer grants. Types of head and neck cancer include cancers of the jaw, mouth, throat, nose, nasal cavity, salivary gland, sinuses, thyroid and larynx. Accordi...UW awarded $1 million grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation for Medical Research
...ng model of idiopathic prostatitis (disease of the prostate gland) from clinical experience and ongoing research concerning the causes of chronic pelvic pain syndrome, or CPPS. "This model explains many of the previously puzzling manifestations of the disease," Berger said. "Our findings so far indicate that...Men with prostate cancer want screening despite doubts over effectiveness of treatment
Most men with prostate cancer strongly advocate routine testing for prostate specific antigen (PSA), despite evidence that aggressive screening and treatment does not reduce dea...Fred Hutchinson oversees two grants of nearly $8 million to develop blood test for breast cancer
...creening is not new; single-marker blood tests for prostate and ovarian cancer, for example, have been used wi...A, or prostate-specific antigen, is used to detect prostate cancer while it is still localized and treatable, while a protein called CA-125 can flag the recurre...Other highlights in the October 2 issue of JNCI
...ead of Prostate Cancer In patients with advanced prostate cancer, the disease often spreads to the bone, causing pain, fractures, and spinal cord compression. In the October 2 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute , Fred Saad, M.D., of Notre Dame Hospital of the University of Montreal, and ...Fred Hutchinson receives $12.7 million to lead prostate-cancer consortium
...tate-cancer progression. Understanding how and why prostate cancer can turn deadly is key to developing therap...y effectively treat men with recurrent or advanced prostate cancer, for which there is no cure. Known as the Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Research SPORE (s...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center receives SPORE grant for lymphoma cancer research from NCI
...nsive cancer center, holds another SPORE grant for prostate cancer research. Effective immediately, the lymphoma SPORE grant will provide more than $2 million per year to both Holden and Mayo over a five-year period for five projects geared toward developing new approaches for treatment of lymphoma. Lymphoma ...Lung cancer screening trial compares CT and standard x-ray
...eople die of lung cancer than of colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. Lung cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. When it is in the earliest, most treatable stage, it is very hard to detect. CT scans can pick up tumors under one centimeter in size, while chest X-rays can detect mos...Breast cancer gene may be associated with additional cancers
...ociation of BRCA1 with other cancers, particularly prostate cancer and colon cancer, but the results have been...on carriers, there was a slightly elevated risk of prostate cancer. However, this increase was seen only in men younger than age 65. In the second study, Marci...Mayo Clinic surgeons direct robotic 'hands' to perform surgery
... activities sooner," says Dr. Blute. Surgery for prostate removal Mayo Clinic surgeons expect to use this ... technology, called the da Vinci system, to remove prostate glands, a common treatment for prostate cancer, and for other urologic surgeries. Prostate cancer i...