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New research led by Huntsman Cancer Institute investigators and published in the The Prostate journal, has shown that looking into a man’s more complete family history, uncles and great-parents, can be ... Read more

January 9, 2015January 9, 2015

Researchers Develop New Blood Test For Prostate Cancer Detection

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A team of international researchers has identified a method that can detect cell-free tumor DNA in a patient’s bloodstream. The study, done in collaboration with Vanderbilt University researchers, may improve the ... Read more

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015

Researchers Identify Key Enzyme for Prostate Cancer Development

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A recent study published in The American Journal of Pathology by Thomas Jefferson University researchers has shown that the absence of a specific sirtuin enzyme, SIRT1, can result in the formation ... Read more

January 2, 2015January 2, 2015

Trial Shows Safety of Vaccine Therapy for Prostate Cancer Patients

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An international team of researchers has shown that a specific vaccine therapy that activates a patient’s immune response can be safely administered to prostate cancer patients. The Phase II clinical ... Read more

December 26, 2014December 26, 2014

Galeterone Shows Promising Results In Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

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Recent results from a clinical study (ARMOR2) assessing the anti-cancer drug galeterone, revealed it could successfully lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in patients who suffer from castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). ... Read more

December 17, 2014December 17, 2014

Study Finds Specific Group of Prostate Cancer Patients Are Over-Treated

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UCLA researchers found that a significant number of men suffering from prostate cancer who are older than 66 years, have life expectancies lower than 10 years, but still, half of ... Read more

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014

Study Finds New Drug To Prevent Prostate Cancer Growth And Metastasis

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Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers recently published results of a study in the PlosOne journal, where they show an investigational agent can prevent tumor growth and metastasis in mice models ... Read more

December 9, 2014

Researchers Show Testing For Drug-Resistant Bacteria Before Prostate Biopsies Reduces Risk of Infections

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A group of researchers from Rhode Island Hospital published their latest results in the journal Urology, whereby they show that certain infections occurring after prostate biopsy resulting from drug-resistant Escherichia coli ... Read more

December 4, 2014

Study Finds Androgen Deprivation Therapy Associated With Decreased Survival In Older Men

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In a recent study titled “Patterns of Declining Use and the Adverse Effect of Primary Androgen Deprivation on All-cause Mortality in Elderly Men with Prostate Cancer”, published in the European ... Read more

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014

Study Finds Key Molecule For Prostate Cancer Development

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Two recent studies published by a research team from the University of Hull, showed that prostate cancer patients whose tumors are positive for a molecule called Endo180, have a higher ... Read more