Obesity Independently Impacts Prostate Cancer Screening
When interpreting prostate cancer screening test results, physicians should consider the impact of a patient's body mass index, regardless of race.
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New Prostate Cancer Marker Helps Identify Men Whose Cancer Is Likely To Spread
Aggressive prostate cancer is identified by a new marker.
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Long-Term Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Show IMRT Curative
Results from the largest study of men with prostate cancer treated with high dose, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) show that the majority of patients remain alive with no evidence of disease.
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Gene Therapy Study Takes Aim At Prostate Cancer
The first phase of this prostate cancer treatment study is designed to test the safety of the treatment and determine the proper dosage of gene.
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Do You Know the Signs and Symptoms of Prostate Cancer?
Many patients do not experience early symptoms of prostate cancer, making it important for men who are aged 50 and older to have routine screenings for the disease and treatment.
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Aspirin, Other NSAIDs, May Prevent or Delay Enlarged Prostate
Studies reporting a decreased risk of prostate cancer for men who took NSAIDs prompted the Mayo Clinic researchers' interest in testing the impact of NSAID intake on benign prostate hyperplasia.
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PSA Predicts Treatment Success In Advanced Prostate Cancer
In prostate cancer patients, a higher PSA level seven months after beginning treatment signaled a lower survival rate for men with advanced prostate cancer.
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Alternative To Castration for Early Prostate Cancers
The study followed 1,370 early prostate cancer patients in the U.S., Sweden and Europe who received radiotherapy with curative intent.
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PSA Test Has Higher Accuracy For Patients Taking Finasteride
Finasteride increases prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing's ability to detect prostate cancer.
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Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Face Overtreatment
New studies suggest that aggressive treatment of prostate cancer does not improve survival benefits and may harm patients' health.
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Some Prostate Cancer Patients Potentially Overtreated
More than half of men with lower risk prostate cancer received surgery or radiation treatment when a wait and see approach of no therapy and active surveillance would have been a reasonable option.
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Decrease In Progression of Prostate Cancer
Study finds that prostate cancer progression appears to slow with diet changes, reinforced by stress management training.
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Drug Kills Prostate Cancer Cells Effectively and Safely
An experimental RNA based drug tricks its way into prostate cancer cells and then springs into action to destroy them.
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Altering Fatty Acid Levels In Diet May Reduce Prostate Cancer Growth Rate
Prostate cancer tumor groth rates and PSA levels may be reduced by altering the fatty acid ratio found in the typical Western diet.
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How Prostate Cancer Cells Defy Death
New findings about how prostate cancer cells are able to resist hormone treatment and defy death may lead to more effective drug treatments.
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Prostatic Irradiation Doesn't Lead To Any Appreciable Increase in Rectal Cancer Risk
Men who receive radiation therapy for prostate cancer are not at any appreciable increased risk of developing rectal cancer compared to those not given radiation therapy.
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Pomegranate Juice Helps Keep PSA Levels Stable In Men With Prostate Cancer
Drinking an eight ounce glass of pomegranate juice daily increased by nearly four times the period during which PSA levels in men treated for prostate cancer remained stable.
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Obesity In Prostate Cancer Patients Predicts Cancer Recurrence and Progression
Obesity in a patient is an independent predictor of whether localized prostate cancer will progress following radiotherapy treatment.
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Obesity Is Associated With Less Favorable Outcome After Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Obese men with prostate cancer are at higher risk for treatment failure after primary radiation therapy.
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For Men With Prostate Cancer, Treatment Information Fails To Address Fears
Men with prostate cancer make emotionally driven treatment decisions influenced by anecdote and misconception rather than consideration of clinical trial evidence.
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New Test Detects Prostate Cancer Spread at The Earliest Time
Finding the earlier symptoms and signs of the prostate cancer could lead to better treatments.
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Race Plays a Key Role in Prostate Cancer Survival Rates
Japanese American men with prostate cancer have a higher survival rate than white American males.
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Significant Symptom Improvement After Laser Treatment for Enlarged Prostate
Most men experience significant symptom improvement after laser treatment for enlarged prostate.
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Advanced Prostate Cancer Remains Sensitive To Treatment Even After Holidays From Chemotherapy
Meaningful breaks from prostate cancer treatment improve quality of life.
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Study of Obesity in Prostate Cancer Screening Uncovers New Predictor of Disease for Overweight Men
There is a need for better prostate cancer screening tools for big men considering the rise in obesity.
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Early Estrogen Exposure Leads To Later Prostate Cancer Risk
These findings on prostate cancer are true for an animal model, and application to human prostate disease will await future studies.
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Young Men with Prostate Cancer Benefit from Radiation Therapy
For men under the age 55 with localized prostate cancer, external beam radiation may be an effective alternative to both conservative and more invasive treatments.
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Prostate Cancer Research May Be Faster with PSA Endpoints
The study suggests that certain changes in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels may serve as surrogate endpoints for prostate cancer survival.
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Vegetables Inhibit Growth of Prostate Cancer in Mice with Human Tumors
Chemicals in cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, watercress, cabbage and cauliflower, appear to stop human prostate cancer cells from growing in mice.
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Another Gene Rearrangement Involved in Prostate Cancer Identified
Since prostate cancer is a cancer of the epithelial cells lining organs, researchers believe it likely that other gene re arrangements may be responsible for other cancers of epithelial tissue.
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Discovery of Virus Implicated in Genetics of Prostate Cancer
Report suggests path for exploring possibility of a viral cause for prostate cancer.
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Researchers Find Better Prostate Cancer Indicators
Identifying alterations in DNA methylation may also be useful in determining prostate cancer progression.
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Pepper Component Hot Enough to Trigger Suicide in Prostate Cancer Cells
Capsaicin, which makes peppers hot, can cause prostate cancer cells to kill themselves.
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Two-Point Rise in PSA Before Diagnosis Identifies Men at High-Risk for Prostate Cancer Death
Rise in PSA should change the standard of practice for men who have been diagnosed with "low risk" prostate cancer.
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Not Achieving Undetectable PSA After Treatment Indicates Prostate Cancer Resistance To Hormonal Therapy
Patients whose PSA nadir is more than 0.2 ng/mL experienced a 20 fold increase in death from Prostate Cancer.
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Omega-6 Fats Make Prostate Tumors Grow Faster
Omega 6 fatty acids, such as those found in corn oil, caused human prostate tumors in cell culture to grow twice as quickly as tumors to which omega 6 fats had not been added.
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Saw Palmetto No Better Than Placebo for Enlarged Prostate
Saw palmetto, an herbal extract commonly taken to improve urinary symptoms in men with englarged prostate glands, is no more effective than a placebo.
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'Virus Chip' Detects New Virus in Prostate Tumors
The researchers discovered the novel virus far more often in human prostate tumors with two copies of the RNASEL gene mutation than in those with at least one normal copy.
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Prostate Cancer Test Affected By Demographic and Lifestyle Factors
Studies have shown a decrease in prostate cancer mortality since 1992 and some researchers attribute a portion of that fall to the widespread adoption of the PSA test.
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Poverty Trumps Race to Explain Poor Prostate Cancer Outcomes
Race plays a minor role in prostate cancer survival, and that the most important factors related were education, community poverty, and income levels.
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