News Related to Prostate Cancer
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Male Infertility Linked to Prostate Cancer
March 22, 2010 -- Men with infertility issues may be more likely to develop more aggressive forms of prostate cancer than fertile men, according to a new study. Researchers have found that infertile men who did develop prostate cancer were more than two-and-a-half times more likely to develop high-g
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Test May Cut Unneeded Prostate Biopsies
March 4, 2010 -- A new urine test may reduce unnecessary biopsies for prostate cancer. The test, which is approved in some European countries but not in the U.S., detects genetic material -- RNA -- from prostate cancer gene 3 or PCA3. At a news briefing held in advance of the 2010 Genitourinary Canc
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New Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Screening
March. 4, 2010 -- The American Cancer Society says men should talk to their doctors about the benefits and limitations of prostate cancer screening before deciding whether to be tested. The group's newly revised guidelines make it clear that prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood testing should not o
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New Drug Fights Advanced Prostate Cancer
March 3, 2010 -- A new drug shows promise for extending the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who have run out of treatment options. In a large study, men given the experimental drug, called cabazitaxel, lived an average of just over 15 months, while those given standard chemotherapy lived
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Heart Risk From Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy
Feb. 1, 2010 - Androgen-blocking hormone therapy for prostate cancer may raise the risk of heart disease, warns an expert panel representing heart, cancer, and urology organizations. The warning means that a prostate cancer patient receiving hormone therapy -- sometimes called chemical castration, a
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Drug Eases Hormone Therapy Side Effect in Men
Dec. 7, 2009 -- Treating hot flashes in men undergoing prostate cancer treatment can be tricky, but a new study suggests medroxyprogesterone could be the new gold standard in hot-flash treatment for men. Hormone therapy, or androgen deprivation therapy, which lowers the level of the male sex hormone
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Coffee May Cut Risk of Prostate Cancer
Dec. 7, 2009 -- Drinking coffee regularly may help lower the risk of advanced prostate cancer, a study shows. The study, presented this week at a conference of the American Association for Cancer Research in Houston, shows men who drank the most coffee were nearly 60% less likely to develop advanced
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Aspirin May Prevent Prostate Cancer Recurrence
Nov. 6, 2009 (Chicago) -- The use of anti-clotting drugs, including aspirin, appears to lower the odds that cancer will recur in men undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, researchers report. "We found that taking an anticoagulant lowers the risk [of recurrence] by almost half," says Ke
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Proton Boost May Thwart Prostate Cancer's Return
Nov. 4, 2009 (Chicago) -- A boost of a highly targeted form of radiation therapy may prevent prostate cancer from coming back, a study of nearly 400 men suggests. Ten years after treatment, only 7% of men who received a boost of proton therapy suffered a recurrence of their prostate cancer, compared
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Is Prostate Cancer Overtreated?
Nov. 3, 2009 (Chicago) -- The majority of men with prostate cancer can be spared anti-hormone therapy -- and all of its side effects, including impotence, hot flashes, and liver problems, researchers say. Adding a short course of hormone-blocking therapy to radiation treatment extended the lives of
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