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New Urine Test ID's Prostate Cancer
Nov. 28, 2006 - A new urine test can tell prostate cancer from an enlarged prostate -- but can't tell whether the cancer is deadly. The test, from San Diego-based Gen-Probe, is approved in some European countries but not in the U.S. It detects genetic material -- RNA -- from prostate cancer gene 3 o
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Radiation Vs. Advanced Prostate Cancer
Nov. 15, 2006 -- Radiation therapy after surgery for advanced prostate cancer may lessen the chance of cancer return, though it may not raise survival rates. That's according to researchers including Ian Thompson Jr., MD, of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Thompson's te
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Testosterone May Be Safe for Prostate
Nov. 14, 2006 -- Testosterone replacement therapy in older men may not raise the risk of prostate cancer, as once thought. A small, new study shows that short-term testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) among men with low testosterone has little effect on the prostate gland. The male hormone is invo
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Study Links a Protein to Cancer Spread
Nov. 8, 2006 (Philadelphia) -- In men with prostate tumors, cancer is more likely to spread to other parts of the body if they have high levels of the protein Cox-2 before starting radiation therapy, researchers report. The study "suggests that looking at Cox-2 expression in biopsy samples taken bef
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Prostate Cancer Test 'Bounce' No Worry
Nov. 8, 2006 (Philadelphia) - Men who have a temporary rise on a common prostate test after radiation therapy for prostate cancer fare as well as those who don't exhibit the rise, according to the largest, longest study of its kind. They are no more likely to die in the next 10 years than patients w
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Newer Prostate Treatment Has Advantage
Nov. 7, 2006 (Philadelphia) -- A newer method to deliver radiation to men with early prostate cancer appears to cause fewer serious side effects than the older radiation seed implant therapy, according to one of the first head-to-head comparisons of the two techniques. In particular, men treated wit
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Radiation Treatment: Myths Persist
Nov. 7, 2006 -- Misconceptions and fears about radiation therapy lead many men with prostate cancer to avoid the potentially lifesaving treatment, researchers report. "More than 90% of men we studied harbored some false beliefs or fears about radiation," says researcher Riccardo Valdagni, MD, head o
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A Gentler Prostate Cancer Therapy
Nov. 6, 2006 (Philadelphia) -- When it comes to hormone therapy for prostate cancer , more may not always be better. A new study suggests some men who take the drugs for more than six months do not live as long as those who take them a shorter time. "Most oncologists recommend that men with high-ris
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Predicting Prostate Cancer Death
Oct. 31, 2006 -- Men with prostate cancer don't always need treatment, but there is no reliable way to tell which cancers are deadly and which are not. Now, new research suggests a blood test widely used to screen for the disease can identify which patients are more likely to die from it -- and do s
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Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy Risky?
Sept. 19, 2006 -- Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may make sudden death, heart attacks, coronary heart disease, and diabetes more likely, a new study shows. More studies are needed to be sure of that. Meanwhile, men with prostate cancer cancer and their doctors should weigh the risks and benefit
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