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 | Predicting the Outcome of the Random Prostate Biopsy
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| | The diagnosis of prostate cancer depends upon prostate biopsy. While abnormal digital rectal exam (DRE) and Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) are indications for biopsy they provide limited predictive p... [more]
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| Rising PSA following Definitive Local Therapy for Prostate Cancer: A Framework for Decision Making
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| | The management of patients with evidence of a detectable prostate specific antigen (PSA) following prostatectomy or radiotherapy is an increasingly common and difficult issue for patients and clinicia... [more]
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| PROSTATE CANCER: INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT
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| | Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is valuable for reducing toxiciy of radiation treatment for prostate cancer. The principle of IMRT involves using hundred of small beams at variable intens... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer: Questions & Answers
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| | All men are at risk. The most common risk factor is age. More than 70 percent of men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year are over the age of 65. African American men have a higher risk of prostat... [more]
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| Vasectomy and Cancer Risk: Is There an Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer?
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| | Some studies have raised questions about a possible relationship between vasectomy (an operation to cut or tie off the two tubes that carry sperm out of the testicles) and the risk of developing cance... [more]
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| PROSTATE CANCER BOOKS
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| | Books related to prostate cancer treatment, prevention, screening, survival and support.... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Research: Study Examines Quality of Life After Common Treatments for Prostate Cancer
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| | A rigorous, long-term study of quality of life in patients who underwent one of the three most common treatments for prostate cancer found that each affected men's lives in different ways.... [more]
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| Treatment for Early Prostate Cancer Associated with Type of Specialist Seen
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| | CHICAGO - A new study analyzing men with localized prostate cancer shows that the specialty of the physician they see can influence the type of therapy they ultimately receive. ... [more]
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| Effective drug to prevent prostate cancer does not interfere with sexual function for most men
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| | ANN ARBOR, Mich - Men and their physicians need not hesitate to use a drug proven effective in preventing prostate cancer out of concern that it is likely to cause sexual dysfunction, say authors of a... [more]
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| Jobs with increased activity may decrease risk of prostate cancer
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| | Men with jobs that require them to be physically active may be getting benefits beyond salary and health insurance - they may be at a decreased risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a study... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Research: Hormone independent prostate cancer more likely to spread
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| | Prostate cancers that are resistant to androgen deprivation therapy are more invasive and more likely to spread to other organs than androgen dependent prostate cancers, UCLA cancer researchers have ... [more]
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| Reducing Intake of Dietary Fat Prevents Prostate Cancer in Mice
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| | Scientists with UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center and the Department of Urology have shown that lowering intake of the type of fat common in a Western diet helps prevent prostate cancer in mice, the first ... [more]
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| UCLA researchers use engineered common cold virus to image early spread of prostate cancer
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| | Using an engineered common cold virus, UCLA researchers delivered a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells that allowed them, using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), to locate the diseased cells ... [more]
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| Alternative Vaccine Strategy Shows Promise in Prostate Cancer Patients
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| | New research indicates that giving patients a continuous low dose of an immune system booster, a method known as metronomic dosing, as part of a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine strategy is safe ... [more]
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| Experts Recommend Men Track their PSA Score Over Time
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| | Men should start tracking their PSA test scores during their early screening years because this gives them a greater opportunity to identify trends over an extended period of time. Beginning at age 50... [more]
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| STUDY FINDS THAT LOW-INCOME MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCERS
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| | Low-income men are more likely to present with advanced prostate cancers, most likely because they don’t receive screening services shown to reduce the diagnosis of later-stage cancers, a UCLA study ... [more]
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| STUDY DETAILS QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS FOUR YEARS OUT FROM TREATMENT
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| | A long-term study by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that the three most common treatments for localized prostate cancer had significant impacts on patients’ quality of... [more]
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| Selenium intake may worsen prostate cancer in some, study reports
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| | Higher selenium levels in the blood may worsen prostate cancer in some men who already have the disease, according to a study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University of Calif... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Surgery May Not be Necessary for Some Patients
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| | NEW YORK, NY - Investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), along with collaborating teams at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Michigan, have completed the first large- s... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Do you need a second Opinion?
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| | When a patient receives news of what their biopsy showed, there may be several misconceptions. First, you as the the patient may assume that the surgeon who performed the biopsy was also the person wh... [more]
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| Moffitt Cancer Center Recognizes Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
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| | Moffitt is launching a phase II clinical trial designed to test a substance that may be used to reduce a man’s risk of developing prostate cancer. ... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer: Undetectable PSA after Radiation is Possible and Predicts Good Patient Outcomes
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| | Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer patients. Patients who have an un... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer: Time Between Treatment and PSA Recurrence Predicts Death from Prostate Cancer
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| | CHICAGO (November 4, 2009) – Men whose prostate specific antigen (PSA) rise within 18 months of radiotherapy are more likely to develop spread and die of their disease, according to an international s... [more]
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| Early Prostate Cancer
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| | Three treatment options are generally accepted for men with localized prostate cancer: Radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy (with or without hormonal therapy), and active surveillance (also called... [more]
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| Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Test
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| | It is normal for men to have a low level of PSA in their blood; however, prostate cancer or benign (not cancerous) conditions can increase a man’s PSA level. As men age, both benign prostate condition... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Surgery Performed by Many Surgeons with Little Experience
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| | NEW YORK, NY - A new study from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has found that the majority of surgeons treating prostate cancer in the United States have extremely low annual ... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer: UCLA Scientists Identify a Cell of Origin for Human Prostate Cancer
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| | UCLA scientists have identified for the first time a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better predictive and diagnostics tools and the development of new and... [more]
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| Blood Test Accurately Predicts Death from Prostate Cancer up to 25 Years in Advance
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| | NEW YORK, NY - A blood test at the age of 60 can accurately predict the risk that a man will die from prostate cancer within the next 25 years, according to researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Can... [more]
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| Change in PSA Level Does Not Predict Prostate Cancer
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| | Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have found that change in PSA levels over time — known as PSA velocity — is a poor predictor of prostate cancer and may lead to many unnecessary ... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer: High percentage of omega-3s in the blood may boost risk of aggressive prostate cancer
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| | The largest study ever to examine the association of dietary fats and prostate cancer risk has found what’s good for the heart may not be good for the prostate.... [more]
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| PROSTATE CANCER: LOW-FAT DIET WITH FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTS SLOWED GROWTH OF PROSTATE CANCER CELLS
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| | A low-fat diet with fish oil supplements eaten for four to six weeks prior to prostate removal slowed down the growth of prostate cancer cells – the number of rapidly dividing cells– in human prostate... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Research: New study reassures on heart risks of prostate cancer treatment
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| | BOSTON—Hormone-blocking therapy for prostate cancer doesn’t raise the risk of fatal heart attacks – as some recent studies had suggested – according to a new report from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer: Should active monitoring be used instead of treatment for low risk prostate cancer?
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| | An independent panel convened this week by the National Institutes of Health has concluded that many men with localized, low-risk prostate cancer should be closely monitored, permitting treatment to ... [more]
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| PROSTATE CANCER: URINE TEST CAN PREDICT HIGH-RISK PROSTATE CANCER IN MEN WHO CHOOSE WATCHFUL WAITING
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| | Initial results of a multicenter study indicates that two investigational urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to be aggressive and potentially life-threatening ... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Screening: The United States Preventive Services Task Force Draft recommendation
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| | "Whereas the USPSTF previously recommended against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer in men aged 75 years and older and concluded that the evidence was insufficient to make a recommendation in ... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Survival Rates Improved Since Introduction of PSA Testing
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| | Ann Arbor - The routine use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing for screening and monitoring prostate cancer has led to early and more sensitive detection of the disease. A new study published ... [more]
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| Prostate Cancer Now Detectable by Targeted Biopsy, Potentially Ending 25-year Era of Blind Biopsy
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| | The study involved 171 men who were using active surveillance to monitor slow growing prostate cancers or men who had persistently elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) - a protein produced by the ... [more]
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| STUDY FINDS EATING DEEP-FRIED FOOD IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER
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| | Regular consumption of deep-fried foods such as French fries, fried chicken and doughnuts is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, and the effect appears to be slightly stronger with ... [more]
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