PSA After Prostate Surgery Not Always Ominous
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NEW YORK  - Men with prostate cancer who  undergo removal of the prostate (i.e., radical prostatectomy)  hope to see their PSA fall to zero, but sometimes it remains  detectable in their blood. This isn't a good sign, but it bodes  worse for some men than others.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDayNews) -- Men with prostate cancer who have to wait up to three months after diagnosis to receive external-beam radiation therapy don't have worse outcomes than men who start treatment earlier, says a Fox Chase Cancer Center study.
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For many men, a routine PSA blood test to screen for prostate cancer has become an annual ritual. Now the developer of the test says it can't be relied on for this purpose, and has led to overly zealous treatment of men with prostate enlargement.
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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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NEW YORK  - In men who have become impotent following prostate cancer surgery, implantation of nerve grafts into the penis allows some men who were potent before surgery to recover erectile function, researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Survival rates for men with localized prostate cancer are better with either surgery or radioactive seed implantation, a treatment called brachytherapy, compared with no "definitive" treatment, investigators at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City report. This is true even among older men.
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Men with prostate cancer who undergo removal of the prostate (ie, radical prostatectomy) hope to see their PSA fall to zero, but sometimes it remains detectable in their blood.
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&quot;I was having a problem urinating and I was concerned about it,&quot; Ralph Anderson said. Problems with urinating are some of the first signs of prostate cancer.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- A large majority of men who have surgery or external beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer are impotent five years after either procedure, a new study finds.
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Men suffering from localized prostate cancer have better survival rates when they are treated with a combination of radiation and short-term hormone treatment, according to a new study.
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IN AUGUST last year, I urged circumspection in screening for prostate cancer in men without obvious signs or symptoms. The prostate is that gland which produces fluid for semen in the male.
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FRIDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- A review of 20 years' worth of tissue samples casts doubt on the value of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer, a new study contends.
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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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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.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Among prostate cancer patients undergoing a high-tech form of radiation therapy, exposure to a higher amount of radiation over a shorter time span poses no added risk for impaired sexual function, new research reveals.
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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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OTTAWA -- A pioneer of the PSA prostate cancer test taken by millions of men each year now says the test has virtually no bearing on how much cancer is present.