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2010 Mar 8 - 21:36Nutritional supplements and alternative therapies are becoming increasingly popular for both the prevention and treatment of many types of cancer. However, many patients tend to use dietary supplements without discussing them as an overall treatment plan in addition to medical therapies. In the case of some cancer treatments, certain supplements are not advised because they interfere with therapies such as radiation.
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2010 Mar 8 - 13:14Recent updates by the American Cancer Society and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommend that men discuss with their doctors their personal need for prostate cancer screening, based on a complete medical and family history.
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2010 Feb 21 - 15:36Men who must undergo prostate cancer surgery may be faced with the decision about the surgery technique used. Open radical prostatectomy has been the standard, but laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with or without robotic assistance is gaining popularity. A new review shows there is little difference in outcomes between the two techniques.
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2010 Feb 11 - 08:44A low dose of nitroglycerin, the little pill people pop under their tongue when they experience angina, may slow or even stop the progression of prostate cancer. Researchers at Queen’s University are the first to conduct a clinical trial using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer.
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2010 Feb 5 - 16:22Scientists in Ireland have developed a vaccine has successfully destroyed secondary prostate cancer in animals. This work brings researchers one step closer to hopefully producing a prostate cancer vaccine that is effective in man.
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2010 Feb 2 - 18:00Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for American men. One in every six men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime and 28,000 die each year. African-American men are at a higher risk for developing the disease and more than twice as likely to die.
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2010 Feb 2 - 16:18Men who are on androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer may have an elevated risk for developing cardiovascular disease, according to an advisory issued jointly by the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the American Urological Association. The report was published online in the AHA journal Circulation and will be co-published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
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2010 Jan 31 - 17:17All types of fat—saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated—may increase the risk of early onset prostate cancer, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Nutrition. Men who are concerned about the health of their prostate may want to put down the fatty burgers and pizza and pick up more vegetables and fruit.
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2010 Jan 26 - 12:48Men treated for prostate cancer may get different treatment depending on what type of hospital they visit. A new study shows that men who undergo prostate cancer treatment at a private hospital are less likely to receive surgery. At county hospitals men are more likely to have surgery.
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2010 Jan 6 - 03:49Men who received radiation treatment for prostate cancer experience declines in sexual function. Until now sexual function was thought to decline steadily after prostate cancer therapy with radiation. The study, the first of its kind, shows that external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) cancer treatment is not associated with ongoing sexual problems.