Posts by: Patricia Silva PhD

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Researchers at the University of York, the University of Hull and the Castle Hill Hospital in the United Kingdom recently discovered a potential new therapeutic strategy for prostate cancer using ... Read more

April 8, 2015April 8, 2015

Researchers Suggest a New Role for Glucocorticoid Receptor in Cancer Suppression

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A new study led by researchers at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom revealed that the glucocorticoid receptor in cells plays an additional role in coordinating cell division and ... Read more

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015

Conservative Disease Management as a Viable Choice for Elderly Patients with Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

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A new study led by researchers at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey was recently published in the journal European Urology revealing that elderly patients with low-risk prostate cancer ... Read more

March 24, 2015March 24, 2015

Sipuleucel-T Found to Have Added Therapeutic Benefit in Prostate Cancer Patients

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The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), an independent scientific institute that examines the risks and benefits of medical interventions in patients, recently reported in a press ... Read more

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015

Novel Nanotechnology as an Accurate Screening and Prediction Tool for Prostate Cancer

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Researchers at the Boston University Medical Center, NorthShore University HealthSystem and Northwestern University developed a new nanotechnology capable of identifying tumor risk and especially of predicting cancer progression. The study ... Read more

March 18, 2015November 18, 2016

New Prostate Cancer Model to Predict Recurrence and Radiation Therapy Response

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A new study recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. ... Read more

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015

Dietary Patterns Can Influence Prostate Cancer Risk

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A team led by researchers at Duke University Medical Center published a review analyzing the link between diet and prostate cancer in the journal BMC Medicine. The study is entitled “Nutrition, ... Read more

February 25, 2015February 25, 2015

Researchers Explore Under-Grading Risk in Prostate Cancer Biopsy

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Researchers from the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria studied the possibility of under-grading in prostate cancer biopsies. The study is entitled “High Risk of Under-Grading and -Staging in Prostate Cancer ... Read more

February 17, 2015November 18, 2016

Aduro and Janssen Initiate Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial

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Private immuno-oncology company Aduro Biotech Inc. recently announced that they will partner with Janssen Biotech Inc. on a series of toxicology studies to support an Investigational New Drug Application for ADU-741 in prostate cancer ... Read more

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015

New Personalized Medical Program Enhances Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

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Researchers from Vienna General Hospital and the Comprehensive Cancer Center at MedUni Vienna reported on a new program based on personalized medicine methods for prostate cancer diagnosis. In Austria, approximately 4,700 ... Read more