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| | Books related to prostate cancer treatment, prevention, screening, survival and support.... [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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| 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: 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: 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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