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New healthcare guidelines from Canada advise men against common blood tests to screen for prostate cancer, since according to the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, the negatives aspects ... Read more

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014

Study Finds Multiple Female Sexual Partners Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk

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A group of researchers from the University of Montreal and the INRS – Institut Armand-Frappier, have published their latest findings where they state that men who have sex with more ... Read more

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014

Study Finds Radium-223 Effective in Prostate Cancer Treatment Independently of Docetaxel Use

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A recent study titled “Efficacy and safety of radium-223 dichloride in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer and symptomatic bone metastases, with or without previous docetaxel use: a prespecified subgroup analysis ... Read more

October 27, 2014

Prostate Cancer Vaccine Developed by Advantagene

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There is a 30% chance of cancer recurrence in patients diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer. Even after a patient has undergone radiation therapy and considered cancer free, the malignancy still ... Read more

October 17, 2014October 17, 2014

Experimental Model Finds High PSA Levels After Prostate Cancer Surgery May Not Lead To Metastasis

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Recent findings published in the Clinical Cancer Research journal, show that some prostate cancer patients who present elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) after a radical prostatectomy (RP), may die ... Read more

October 16, 2014

Copper, An Essential Element In Prostate cancer Treatment

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Prostate cancer cells have the capacity to scavenge and pile copper, an essential element for the proper function of the human body. However, recent results from a study by Duke Medicine ... Read more

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014

Study Addresses HIV-Infected Prostate Cancer Patients’ Treatment Disparities

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There has been an unresolved medical question regarding prostate cancer treatment in HIV-infected (HIV+) men. Even though it is known these men face cancer treatment disparities that impact outcome, the ... Read more

October 14, 2014October 14, 2014

Lipid Levels Are Associated With Prostate Cancer Risk, According To Study

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In a recent study titled “Serum Lipid Profile and Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence: Results from the SEARCH Database”, published in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal, a group ... Read more

October 10, 2014October 10, 2014

Long Noncoding RNAs as Biomarkers For Prostate Cancer Detection

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A group of researchers from the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in Orlando, FL, have found an RNA biomarker detectable in prostate cancer patients’ urine and tissue samples. There is an ... Read more

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014

Study Finds Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy is Widely Used

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According to the results of a recent study, titled “The impact of robotic surgery on the surgical management of prostate cancer in the USA” published in the BJU International journal, ... Read more