News articles tagged with 'prostate' (Page 35)
Combination therapy improves survival for certain prostate cancer patients
— 23 Jan 2008 05:05 | HealthMen with localised prostate cancer who were treated with male hormone suppression therapy and radiation treatment had longer survival, but those with moderate to high levels of other…
Pros, cons of drug proven to prevent prostate cancer should be considered
— 22 Jan 2008 10:24 | HealthFindings by UT Southwestern Medical Centre researchers encourage men to weigh both the potential benefits and side effects of the drug finasteride before taking it to prevent prostate…
New gene test for prostate cancer at hand
— 17 Jan 2008 20:13 | HealthMen with susceptibility for prostate cancer will soon be identifiable through a simple DNA test. So hope scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, who have…
Hormonal dietary supplements might promote prostate cancer progression
— 17 Jan 2008 06:44 | HealthHormonal components in over-the-counter dietary supplements may promote the progression of prostate cancer and decrease the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, researchers at UT Southwestern…
Gene markers located for hereditary prostate cancer
— 17 Jan 2008 02:24 | HealthResearchers at the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute, Wake Forest University and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have identified an array of gene markers for hereditary prostate…
Study finds that blood test can gauge prostate cancer risk
— 17 Jan 2008 02:24 | HealthNew genomics research has found that a simple blood test can determine which men are likely to develop prostate cancer. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and…
Common molecule notifies immune system of prostate cancer
— 12 Jan 2008 19:12 | HealthIn experiments with mice, researchers have found that the body's immune system can use a surprisingly common molecule to recognise prostate tumours. The molecule comes from a protein…
Fatherhood linked to prostate cancer risk
— 7 Jan 2008 11:32 | HealthA new study from Danish researchers has found that childless men have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer than fathers, and that, paradoxically, the more children a father has,…
Racial disparities persist in cancer care
— 7 Jan 2008 11:32 | HealthA new study finds that, despite efforts in the last decade to mitigate cancer treatment disparities, black patients are significantly less likely than white patients to receive therapy…
Just 4 months of hormone therapy can delay prostate cancer growth by up to 8 years
— 3 Jan 2008 12:30 | HealthResearchers report that just four months of hormonal therapy before and with standard external beam radiation therapy slowed cancer growth by as much as eight years - especially the…