Winning Battles in the Prostate Cancer War
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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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Over a 5-year period, men with localized prostate cancer showed a much sharper decline in sexual function and urinary control than did similar men without the disease, researchers report in the medical journal 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  - The mortality rates for most  men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States are no  higher than those in the general population, a new analysis  shows. "The bottom line is that most men diagnosed with the  disease today can expect to live as long as, or longer than,  men their age without the disease," two editorialists comment.
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Using the largest known prostate cancer data set of patients treated solely with external-beam radiation in the US, radiation oncologists have examined the &quot;PSA bounce&quot; phenomenon and determined that it is not an indicator that men will die of prostate
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A combination of genetic variants that boosts the risk of prostate cancer also increases the risk of colorectal cancer, according to papers published on Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics.
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NEW YORK  - After being diagnosed with  prostate cancer, men are capable of adhering to a low-fat diet  for at least a year if they receive good counseling and  support, a new study shows.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer afflicting American men.
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NEW YORK  - High rates of tumor control over the long term are possible with combination treatment using external beam radiation followed by brachytherapy in high-risk prostate cancer patients, according to researchers.
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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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Men with advanced prostate cancer that is not responding to hormone therapy could benefit from a drug now used to treat breast cancer, say scientists.
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Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men other than skin cancer. Throughout September, which is prostate cancer awareness month, there is an emphasis on prevention
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NEW YORK  - Loss of a tumor suppresser gene  called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate  cancer, according to findings from experiments in mice.
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NEW YORK  - New research shows that it&#39;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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TUESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- A complex interplay between three different genes may determine how prostate cancer will progress, a new mouse study finds.
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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.