Winning Battles In The Prostate Cancer War
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And while one in six men will get the disease during his lifetime, only one in 32 will die from it. The death rate for prostate cancer is declining, cancer experts note, due to developments that range from
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MONDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.
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WASHINGTON -- Prostate cancer is more likely to be life-threatening if the man's PSA level rose rapidly during the years before he was diagnosed, says a new study that may help change how PSA tests are used.
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NEW YORK  - New research shows that it's  possible to identify men with slowly progressive or latent  prostate cancer, reflected by prostate specific antigen (PSA)  levels that remain stable or fall over time.
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Therapies that target the basic mechanisms of cancer have become the weapons of choice in the fight against the deadly disease, researchers said at a major doctors&#39; conference in the United States.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer afflicting American men.
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Genes associated with prostate cancer have been discovered, which could be used to spot future sufferers.
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Men with prostate cancer that doesn't appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation, rather than radiation alone, a small study found.    Almost five years after treatment, six men in the radiation-only study group died of prostate cancer; none of the men who got combined treatment died of prostate cancer...
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Scientists believe they have found a way to make prostate cancer treatment more effective.
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NEW YORK  - Urinary, bowel, and sexual  problems arising from surgery or external radiation treatment  for localized prostate cancer persist for at least five years,  a new study from the National Cancer Institute shows.
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NEW YORK  - Higher-income individuals with  prostate cancer feel more informed about the disease and more  satisfied with their treatment decisions than do their  lower-income peers, new survey findings show.
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Diets packed with colorful fruits and vegetable may help fight prostate cancer. According to German and Dutch researchers, low doses of the antioxidants lycopene and vitamin E may slow the growth of tumors in ...
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NEW YORK  - In a study of prostate cancer patients living in California, most Asian men with the disease survived longer than their white counterparts. The exception was men from South Asia; their survival was worse than that of white men.
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Urinary, bowel, and sexual problems arising from surgery or external radiation treatment for localized prostate cancer persist for at least five years, a new study from the National Cancer Institute shows.
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An analysis of men with early  prostate cancer treated at the Cleveland Clinic found that  those treated with external beam radiation therapy had poorer  overall survival than those treated with radioactive seed  implants (brachytherapy) or by surgical removal of the prostate  (radical prostatectomy).
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The type of prostate cancer treatment a  man gets has a lot to do with the kind of specialist he sees  first, according to a study released on Monday that lends  scientific evidence to something many men have likely guessed.
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Three studies published on Sunday identify at least ten new genes that raise a man's risk of prostate cancer, information which could lead to better screening and targeted drugs to treat the disease.