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Drug Shows Activity In Men With Advanced Prostate Cancer
April 8, 2009 A new multi-center study shows that an experimental drug lowers prostate specific antigen levels -- a marker for tumor growth -- in men with advanced prostate cancer for whom traditional treatment ... > full story -
Perfluorinated Chemicals Not Associated With Cancer In General Population, Study Suggests
April 7, 2009 Perfluorooctanoate and perfluorooctanesulfonate plasma concentrations are not associated with the risk of prostate, bladder, pancreatic, or liver cancer. according to new ... > full story -
Potential New Target For Treatment Of Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
April 6, 2009 A new study identifies a protein that modifies the androgen receptor and influences its ability to regulate target genes linked with the progression of prostate cancer. The research may also drive ... > full story -
New Marker For Prostate Cancer Progression
March 25, 2009 Scientists have identified a cleaved form of galectin-3 as a marker for prostate cancer ... > full story -
Overexpression Of Fatty Acid Synthase Promotes Prostate Cancer In Mouse Models
March 24, 2009 Fatty acid synthase (FASN) can act as a prostate cancer oncogene in mouse ... > full story -
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Risk Of Advanced Prostate Cancer
March 24, 2009 Omega-3 fatty acids appear protective against advanced prostate cancer, and this effect may be modified by a genetic variant in the COX-2 gene, according to a report in Clinical Cancer ... > full story -
Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer: New Therapeutic Approaches
March 22, 2009 Today Dr. Martin Gleave of the Vancouver Prostate Centre in Canada gave a lecture about new approaches to treat castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRCP) during the 24th Annual Congress of the ... > full story -
Prostate Cancer: Update On Watchful Waiting Versus Radical Prostatectomy
March 20, 2009 In 2005, the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group Study 4 reported that radical prostatectomy improved prostate cancer survival compared with watchful waiting after a median of 8.2 years of follow-up. ... > full story -
No Early Mortality Benefit From Annual Prostate Cancer Screening, U.S. Study Shows
March 18, 2009 The prostate cancer screening tests that have become an annual ritual for many men don't appear to reduce deaths from the disease among those with a limited life-expectancy, according to early ... > full story -
PSA Screening Cuts Deaths By 20 Percent
March 18, 2009 Screening for prostate cancer can reduce deaths by 20 percent, according to the results of the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer. ERSPC is the world's largest prostate cancer ... > full story
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