News articles tagged with 'prostate'
New finding suggests prostate biopsy is not always necessary
— 8 Nov 2009 11:18 | HealthResearchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may... — full story
New synthetic molecules trigger immune response to HIV and prostate cancer
— 6 Nov 2009 11:15 | HealthResearchers at Yale University have developed synthetic molecules capable of enhancing the body's immune response to HIV and HIV-infected cells, as well as to prostate cancer cells.... — full story
Chemo-radiation before prostate removal may prevent cancer recurrence
— 5 Nov 2009 12:32 | HealthResearchers in the Oregon Health and Science University Knight Cancer Institute and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Centre have found a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy... — full story
Does race, income predict prostate cancer outcome?
— 5 Nov 2009 12:23 | HealthA patient's socioeconomic status (income, martial status and race) has absolutely no impact on his outcome following curative radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer,... — full story
Time between treatment and PSA recurrence predicts death from prostate cancer
— 5 Nov 2009 12:05 | HealthMen whose prostate specific antigen (PSA) rise within 18 months of radiotherapy are more likely to develop spread and die of their disease, according to an international study led by... — full story
Low cholesterol may shrink risk for high-grade prostate cancer
— 4 Nov 2009 13:51 | HealthMen with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according... — full story
Blood vessels might predict prostate cancer behaviour
— 4 Nov 2009 13:39 | HealthA diagnosis of prostate cancer raises the question for patients and their physicians as to how the tumour will behave. Will it grow quickly and aggressively and require continuous treatment,... — full story
Cholesterol and cancer: Answers and some new questions
— 4 Nov 2009 12:20 | HealthA pair of studies in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, lay to rest the decades-long concern that lower total cholesterol may lead to cancer, and in fact lower cholesterol... — full story
Undetectable PSA after radiation is possible and predicts good patient outcomes
— 3 Nov 2009 11:32 | HealthFox Chase Cancer Centre researchers report that radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer patients. Patients... — full story
Task force develops new radiation guidelines for brachytherapy
— 3 Nov 2009 11:26 | HealthRadiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in every brachytherapy procedure should be carefully analysed using post-implant CT or MRI and uniformly documented in every... — full story