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Jan 24th, 2009
Certain strains of the measles virus vaccine have the ability to kill prostate cancer cells. Studies carried out in lab mice, testing the prostate cancer treatment with a strain of measles known as MV-CEA, resulted in complete regression of prostate cancer cells in one-fifth of mice tested, doubling survival time in the remaining animals treated with the measles virus vaccine.
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Jan 20th, 2009
The acquisition of a Greenlight laser for St. Paul's Hospital provides prostate surgery patients with a safer procedural option and elimination of post-surgery hospital stay.
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Jan 13th, 2009
A first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy, and patients with this type of family history have clinical and pathologic characteristics similar to men with no family history at all.
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Jan 10th, 2009
"Life Begins at 65: Words of a Cancer Survivor" is a new book providing a valuable roadmap for those facing prostate cancer.
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Dec 31st, 2008
The hormone deprivation therapy that prostate cancer patients often take gives them only a temporary fix, with tumors usually regaining their hold within a couple of years. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered critical differences in the hormone receptors on prostate cancer cells in patients who no longer respond to this therapy. The findings, reported in the Jan. 1 issue of Cancer Research, could lead to a way to track disease progression, as well as new targets to fight prostate cancer.
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Dec 29th, 2008
FDA recently approved the injectable drug degarelix, the first new drug in several years for prostate cancer.
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Dec 25th, 2008
Ferring Pharmaceuticals received approval from FDA for degarelix, a new injectable gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist, indicated for patients with advanced prostate cancer.
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Dec 24th, 2008
Gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than men of any other racial and ethnic backgrounds regardless of their sexual orientation, according to a recent study by a researcher at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science.
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Dec 19th, 2008
An ingredient used in a common cough suppressant may be useful in advanced prostate cancer treatment.
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Dec 17th, 2008
According to a UCLA study, men with low income are often diagnosed with prostate cancer late in the disease due to disparities in prostate cancer screening. The study, published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Urology, highlights factors affecting mortality from prostate cancer in men with low income, uninsured, or underinsured.
