Patients receiving radioactive seed implant therapy have improved quality of life post-treatment
... at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that prostate cancer patients receiving radioactive seed implant...ytherapy to be not only an effective treatment for prostate cancer but one that offers the patient sustained, symptomatic quality of life several years post-tre...University of Pittsburgh researchers identify potential biomarker for renal cell carcinoma
...t UPCI. "Based on previous studies of bladder and prostate cancer, we have found NMPs to be an effective marker for certain urologic cancers. Being that NMPs are thought to represent the earliest stages of change in cells, an NMP like RCCA-5 may be a helpful biomarker for the early detection of renal cell c...Obesity reversed in mice by destroying blood vessels that service fat cells
...be targeted to blood vessel cells of tumors of the prostate in mice, resulting in reabsorbtion of these tissues due to oxygen deficiency," says Pasqualini. "The ligand - the guidance system - brings the therapeutic drug to the prohibitin receptor, where it locks on, and then is internalized into the blood ve...Prostate cancer marker could lead to earlier diagnosis say Univ. of Pittsburgh researchers
...merican Urological Association (AUA) indicate that prostate cancer could be detected as many as five years ear...suggest that testing for the protein, called early prostate cancer antigen (EPCA), could serve as an adjunct to the current diagnostic approach to patients with...UMHS study links gonorrhea, prostate cancer in men
...had gonorrhea are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer, new research from the University of Michig...25 lifetime sexual partners also increases odds of prostate cancer, by more than 2.5 times that of men with five or fewer sexual partners, the study found. The ...Obese men may have increased risk for prostate cancer recurrence after surgery
After prostate cancer surgery, obese men are more likely than men with normal weight to have high levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), a marker for cancer recurrence, according to a study led by Johns Hopkins re...High blood testosterone levels associated with increased prostate cancer risk
...d levels of testosterone have an increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Joh...al Study on Aging, of whom 111 were diagnosed with prostate cancer. One form of testosterone, called free testosterone, which is biologically active and can ac...Study: Many men take dietary supplements to prevent prostate cancer
...ts such as vitamins, minerals and herbs to prevent prostate cancer despite a lack of evidence that they work. ...cts believed to reduce their chances of developing prostate cancer," says Robert G. Uzzo, M.D., a urologic surgeon at Fox Chase Cancer Center and lead author of...Transvaginal ultrasound superior to transrectal ultrasound for staging rectal cancer in women
...rst developed to address the issue of scanning the prostate and rectum. "Although we are critical of it, in large part the technique has been successful and remains the accepted standard due to the capability of ultrasound to easily resolve rectal wall layers. Also, a major part of the patient population is ...Negative side effects downplayed in prostate cancer treatment guides, U-M study finds
... Mich. -- When a man is diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, he must decide among four different treatm...urce of information before making a decision about prostate cancer treatment. We found no single health pamphlet or Web site presented all the information neede...Delayed care may affect prostate cancer deaths in blacks
...significant illnesses when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer actually face a higher risk of death from other causes as well as from prostate cancer, a new study finds. Men without other diagnosed illnesses may have less contact with health ...Iressa news backgrounder: Testing of smart drug expands at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
... we treat breast cancer." Testing Iressa in prostate cancer Prostate cancer researchers at M. D. And...atment. The trial, which was conducted in men with prostate cancer with androgen-independent cancer, is closed for additional patients. Although results are not...Oncology Nursing Society honors Fox Chase Cancer Center nurse with Radiation Therapy Nursing Award
...roups, we can better understand the development of prostate cancer, better ways to detect it, improve treatmen...nt and economic, sexual and urinary function after prostate cancer therapy. In addition to the Oncology Nursing Society, Bruner is the vice-chair for outcomes o...Diagnostic method based on nanoscience could rival PCR
...lleagues used BCA to detect proteins, specifically prostate specific antigen, at low levels. For the DNA detection, the team used commercially available materials to outfit a magnetic microparticle and a gold nanoparticle each with a different oligonucleotide, a single strand of DNA that is complementary to ...Future blood tests may use tiny bar-codes to speed disease diagnosis
... anthrax exposure. It has also been used to detect prostate specific antigen a marker for prostate cancer at low levels. One could conceivably develop a bar-code for every disease-related protein or...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
... success in treating tumors in such regions as the prostate and liver, it has not been able to treat deeply buried tumors---until now. Cyril Lafon of INSERM in France ( lafon@lyon.inserm.fr ) will describe new "interstitial" devices with specially placed flat ultrasound generators designed to destroy deep-se...Solvent, common drug plus hormones raise risk of reproductive failures and breast cancers
...ciated with increased risks of breast, ovarian and prostate cancers. For decades, scientists have firmly believed that estrogen "mimics" -- chemicals in the environment that act like estrogen inside cells -- have been responsible for various illnesses and anomalies within the animal and human populatio...Green and black tea polyphenols consumption results in slower prostate cancer cell growth
...Los Angeles were able to detect tea polyphenols in prostate tissue after a very limited consumption of tea. More importantly, the scientists found that prostate cancer cells grew more slowly when placed in a medium containing blood serum of men who had consumed...New study demonstrates significant and sustained improvements in BPH symptoms with AVODART ™
...of BPH -- urinary symptoms, urinary flow rates and prostate volume reduction. AVODART is the first and only du...on Symptom Index (AUA-SI)) as well as significant prostate volume reduction (26.2 percent compared to baseline). Men treated with two years of placebo followe...Online tool estimates long-term chance of surviving prostate cancer
...r has resulted in the most comprehensive long-term prostate cancer survival model available to date. An inter...cohort of 1,611 patients with clinically localized prostate cancer as well as 4,538 age, race, and co-morbidity (those with additional diseases) matched control...