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New Pathway to Potential Therapies for Advanced Prostate Cancer
July 25, 2011 Researchers have narrowed the potential drug targets for advanced prostate cancer by demonstrating that late-stage tumors are driven by a different hormonal pathway than was thought ... > full story -
Short-Term Hormone Therapy Plus Radiation Therapy Increases Survival for Men With Early-Stage Prostate Cancer, Study Finds
July 13, 2011 Short-term hormone therapy (androgen deprivation therapy: ADT) given in combination with radiation therapy for men with early-stage prostate cancer increases their chance of living longer and not ... > full story -
PSA Test for Men Could Get a Second Life for Breast Cancer in Women
July 13, 2011 The widely known PSA blood test for prostate cancer in men may get a second life as a much-needed new test for breast cancer, the most common form of cancer in women worldwide, scientists are ... > full story -
Updating Family History of Cancer Associated With Need for Earlier or More Intense Cancer Screening, Study Finds
July 12, 2011 In an analysis to examine how often throughout adulthood clinically significant changes occur in a patient's family history of cancer, researchers found substantial changes in family history of ... > full story -
Seven in One Blow: Scientists Discover DNA Regions Influencing Prostate Cancer Risk
July 12, 2011 Scientists are studying the genetic risks for prostate cancer. The researchers have discovered seven DNA regions for which an association with an increased prostate cancer risk has now been ... > full story -
New Clues to How Cancer Spreads
June 27, 2011 Cancer cells circulating in the blood carry newly identified proteins that could be screened to improve prognostic tests and suggest targets for therapies, scientists report. Building on current ... > full story -
Smoking May Increase Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence, Death
June 21, 2011 A new study suggests that men with prostate cancer who smoke increase their risk of prostate cancer recurrence and of dying from the ... > full story -
Being a Smoker at Time of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Linked With Increased Risk of Death
June 21, 2011 Men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and who are also smokers have an associated increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and prostate cancer-specific death, according to a study in the June ... > full story -
Human Vaccine Used to Cure Prostate Cancer in Mice
June 19, 2011 Scientists cured well-established prostate tumors in mice using a human vaccine with no apparent side effects. This novel cancer treatment approach encourages the immune system to rid itself of ... > full story -
Prostate Cancer Gets Around Hormone Therapy by Activating a Survival Cell Signaling Pathway
June 14, 2011 Cancer is crafty. Researchers found that when a common type of prostate cancer was treated with conventional hormone ablation therapy blocking androgen production or androgen receptor (AR) function ... > full story
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