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Vitamin E Pills Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk
Vitamin E supplements significantly increase the risk of prostate cancer among healthy men - even after they stopped taking them, according to a new study.more
10 12, 2011
Football Great Bobby Bowden Admits Old Cancer Illness (VIDEO)
Florida State football coach legend, Bobby Bowden has admitted to Good Morning America that he had Prostate Cancer and that he underwent treatment during the 2007 football season when he refused to go public with it.more
09 13, 2011
Radiation after prostate removal is cost-effective, but less likely to be recommended by urologists
Receiving radiation therapy immediately after a radical prostatectomy is a cost-effective treatment for prostate cancer patients when compared with waiting and acting on elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a new study by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University...more
06 10, 2011
Targeted cancer therapy kills prostate tumor cells
A new targeted therapy for prostate cancer halts tumor growth in animals with advanced prostate cancer that is resistant to hormone therapy, a new study finds. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.more
06 06, 2011
Antifungal drug delays need for chemo in advanced prostate cancer
The oral antifungal drug itraconazole, most commonly used to treat nail fungus, may keep prostate cancer from worsening and delay the need for chemotherapy in men with advanced disease. Details of the finding, from a clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins experts, are scheduled for presentation...more
06 02, 2011
Mushroom compound suppresses prostate tumours
A mushroom used in Asia for its medicinal benefits has been found to be 100 per cent effective in suppressing prostate tumour development in mice during early trials, new Queensland University of Technology (QUT) research shows.more
05 23, 2011
Advanced-stage prostate cancer patients experience 20-year survival rates with surgery
Long-term survival rates for patients with advanced prostate cancer suggest they can be good candidates for surgery, Mayo Clinic researchers have found.more
05 16, 2011
New technology fuses MRI, ultrasound to achieve targeted biopsy of prostate cancer
Targeted biopsy, a major advance in prostate cancer diagnostics, was detailed by a UCLA team in the current issue of Urologic Oncology. The new technology fuses MRI with real-time 3D ultrasound, providing an exacting method to obtain biopsy specimens from suspicious areas in the prostate.more
05 12, 2011
Surgery reduces the risk that men with prostate cancer die within 15 years
A Swedish research team partly consisting of researchers from Uppsala University followed a group of prostate cancer patients in the Nordic region for 15 years. The study found, among other things, that surgery reduces the risk that men with prostate cancer (even those with low-risk tumours)...more
05 10, 2011
FDA approves Zytiga for late-stage prostate cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) in combination with prednisone (a steroid) to treat patients with late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer who have received prior docetaxel (chemotherapy).more
04 29, 2011
