Other highlights in the January 19 JNCI
... on these two epigenetic changes and their role in prostate cancer. They discuss interactions between the two ...markers for early diagnosis and risk assessment of prostate cancer and to design potential therapeutic strategies. Contact: Rajvir Dahiya, University of Califo...A biomarker to predict osteoarthritis
...ry disease, persistent liver, kidney, bladder, and prostate problems, and cancer. Only one condition showed a sustained independent relationship with elevated HA after statistical adjustment: gout, which, like OA, is marked by joint inflammation and damage. ...More precise radiation therapy lets prostate cancer patients avoid erectile dysfunction
...ng innovative planning techniques to help men with prostate cancer avoid erectile dysfunction after radiation ...erectile function and plan treatment to target the prostate more precisely, sparing those nearby vessels. Results from an initial study with 25 patients appear ...Combining hormones with external, internal radiation helps high risk prostate cancer patients
...adioactive seed implants or brachytherapy, to cure prostate cancer. For patients with higher risk prostate cancers defined as having at least two of the following three: a high Gleason score, a high PSA sco...ASTRO patient education campaign wins award
...reat various cancers, in particular breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, and colorectal cancer. ASTRO also published a lengthy booklet detailing how radiation therapy works and what patients can expect during treatment as well as a brochure on the healthcare professionals that wo...Silent risk of osteoporosis in men with prostate cancer
Men being treated for prostate cancer using hormone therapy maybe under-recognize...ications, including those used in the treatment of prostate cancer. Osteoporosis can be prevented and even treated using a wide range of therapies. Common prev...Jefferson scientists find way to see breast cancer activity from outside the body
...se for early diagnosis, such as pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer and colon cancer." In 2004, approximately 40,000 women in this country will die from breast cancer. According to Dr. Wickstrom, clinical examination and mammography miss almost half of the breast cancers in women under 40, approximately one q...Researchers debate recreational use of PDE-5 inhibitors
...roblems like diabetes, depression, hypertension or prostate surgery, others see these drugs as an opportunity to enhance their lifestyle through sexual performance. Dimitrios Hatzichristou, MD will argue that PDE-5 inhibitors are excellent lifestyle drugs. With other medications treating hair lo...Smokers' lung cancer risk identified in CT screening study
...th men and women, killing more people than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined, according to the American Cancer Society. The I-ELCAP study found that lung cancer develops in twice as many smokers age 50-74 (15 for every 1,000) than in smokers under 50 (6 per 1,000). The number of smokers developing ...Chemoprevention backgrounder: Working for a future of cancer chemoprevention
...d breast cancer, trace minerals to protect against prostate cancer, or proven versions of ancient remedies, su...n the two big gender-specific cancers - breast and prostate - in both large and small chemoprevention studies. In breast cancer, the researchers are intent up...NIH launches new study to compare prostate surgery and drugs
... and TUMT use heat to destroy part of the enlarged prostate to improve urine flow and symptoms. Early studies...y for BPH, known as transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). TUNA and TUMT are said to be minimally invasive in part because they typically are done wit...Lung cancer specialist calls for cash to beat 'Cinderella' disease
...s form of cancer kills more people than breast and prostate cancer combined, and is also the leading cancer killer in women, ahead of breast cancer. "Despite this, lung cancer research is poorly funded compared to other cancers, including breast cancer and leukaemia," says Professor Sethi. He has spent ...Study will assess effect of tomato oil on precancerous prostate changes
...ommonly perceived to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. A new study at Northwestern University se... condition in which abnormal cells form within the prostate and which is the strongest risk factor yet identified for the development of prostate cancer. The s...Mayo Clinic discovers one mechanism for why men and women differ in immune response
...ology Dr. Kwon frequently cares for patients with prostate cancer. The current experiment grew out of his ex...ic. One of the more common forms of treatment for prostate cancer suppresses the patient's testosterone levels to increase the patient's immune attack against ...Detrol LA combined with standard treatment for enlarged prostate is twice as effective
...a combination of a common complication of enlarged prostate called bladder outlet obstruction, which reduces or prevents urine flow, and OAB, a medical condition associated with involuntary contractions of the bladder muscle. "There is overlap in the symptoms of bladder outlet obstruction and overactive bladd...Higher radiation doses help some lung cancer patients live longer
...ived the higher dose. "Although breast cancer and prostate cancer are more prevalent, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death among men and women," said Ramesh Rengan, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kett...Early disclosure: Post-operative radiotherapy improves progression-free survival in prostate cancer
...ative radiotherapy following surgery to remove the prostate results in improved progression-free survival for prostate cancer patients, according to the results of a study presented here today (Tuesday 26th October 2004...UGA professor receives $3 million grant from National Cancer Institute for breast cancer research
...ss Communication, underwent successful surgery for prostate cancer after a routine screening caught the diseas...r starts to drop." Colon cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer should not kill most people, Springston said. "Having the power to stop people from dying fro...OHSU study: Testosterone deprivation makes men forget
...ffects verbal memory found that men undergoing the prostate cancer therapy forget things faster than their hea...rmones, principally testosterone, that can promote prostate cancer growth. This common treatment for prostate cancer wipes out most male hormones found in the b......ty's low incidence of colorectal, lung, breast and prostate cancers -- masks very high rates of other cancers....heir now-low rates of lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers begin to climb within a generation. "Smoking is not common in the Hmong," Yang said. "Howeve...