Radiation Seeds Effectively Cure Prostate Cancer In Young Men
Radiation seed implants (brachytherapy) are just as effective at curing prostate cancer in younger men (aged 60 and younger) as they are in older men.
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Radiation seed implants (brachytherapy) are just as effective at curing prostate cancer in younger men (aged 60 and younger) as they are in older men.
Exercise may reduce, and even reverse, bone loss caused by hormone and radiation therapies used in the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Presently, a new case of Prostate cancer is diagnosed every 3 minutes while 90 men die from prostate cancer every day.
Two tiny genetic variations may provide the best clues yet for finding more precise ways to estimate prostate cancer risk and improve screening and early detection for men of African descent.
The five-year survival rate for prostate cancer in Britain cited in a radio advertisement recently launched by Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is inaccurate.
iPlan RT treatment planning software is helping to save more than 83 percent in planning time, while achieving greater consistency in radiotherapy treatments for prostate cancer.
Exercise may reduce, and even reverse, bone loss caused by hormone and radiation therapies used in the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer and treatment options are in public focus as Israeli PM Olmert reveals that he has prostate cancer, but will stay on the post.
African-American men are more likely to have their prostate cancer return after treatment, but their disease is no more aggressive when it does recur than that of their white counterparts.
Study suggests consumption of soy protein may play a role in reducing the risk of prostate cancer.
Black men do not necessarily have more aggressive prostate cancer tumors than white men.
In 2007, more than 218,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than 27,000 men will die from the disease.
What is a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) and why is it important for men to know their PSA number?
Radiation oncologists and urologists have begun using a real-time system to implant radiation-emitting seeds in prostate cancer patients.
Men now have another good reason to consider taking finasteride, a well-known generic drug that shrinks an enlarged prostate and reduces the risk of getting prostate cancer by 25 percent.
Researchers are undertaking a partnership to develop novel small molecule therapies for the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer (PRC).
This new treatment for early state prostate cancer mimics the dose deposition of brachytherapy, but it is done noninvasively, in an outpatient setting, without making any incisions, needle punctures or anesthesia.
Elijah Cummings, Albert Wynn will co-sponsor legislation that would fund the development of technological advances in the fight against prostate cancer that kills one man every 18 minutes.\n
In an effort to promote greater awareness of prostate cancer, Governor Granholm and the Michigan Department of Community Health are again recognizing September as Prostate Cancer Awareness.
Black men are more than twice as likely as white men to develop prostate cancer and die from it.
Providing black men with information about prostate cancer during visits to their local barbers has been an effective educational and screening tool.
Should patients receiving radiation and other conventional treatments for prostate cancer cease consumption of naturopathic products?
Laboratory experiments show that an extract of the skin of muscadine grapes can inhibit growth of prostate cancer cells in the laboratory.
More prostate cancers were detected among men who were screened every two years than men screened every four years.
The average survival time for certain Asian-Americans with prostate cancer is longer than it is for whites.
Radiation for prostate cancer treatment involves targeting intense beams in a very precise fashion to a relatively small area. But despite efforts to align a patient beforehand, a cough, a wiggle, adeep breath or any other number of small movements could dramaticallyalter where the treatment is being delivered.
To help eliminate the error associated with treating a moving target, the University of Michigan
EDAP TMS is currently conducting clinical investigations in France under an approved clinical trial combining the company's Ablatherm-HIFU device with chemotherapy using docetaxel.
Research Studies Funded by Prostate Cancer Foundation Help Find a Master "On" Switch for Prostate Cancer.
Researchers have identified the first immune molecule that appears to play a role in prostate cancer development and in predicting cancer recurrence and progression after surgery.
Researchers have discovered how genes turn on the switch that leads to prostate cancer.