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Prostate Cancer Risk Reduction in Men Taking Dutasteride, but Some Concerns Remain
January 22, 2013 The four-year REDUCE (REduction by DUtasteride of prostate Cancer Events) clinical study evaluated prostate cancer risk reduction in men taking dutasteride, a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor (5ARI) ... > full story -
Change in PSA Levels Over Time Can Help Predict Aggressive Prostate Cancer
January 15, 2013 Measurements taken over time of prostate specific antigen, the most commonly used screening test for prostate cancer in men, improve the accuracy of aggressive prostate cancer detection when compared ... > full story -
High Fiber Diet Prevents Prostate Cancer Progression, Study Shows
January 9, 2013 The rate of prostate cancer occurrence in Asian cultures is similar to the rate in Western cultures, but in the West, prostate cancer tends to progress, whereas in Asian cultures it does not. Why? A ... > full story -
How Prostate Cancer Therapies Compare by Cost and Effectiveness
January 4, 2013 The most comprehensive retrospective study ever conducted comparing how the major types of prostate cancer treatments stack up to each other in terms of saving lives and cost effectiveness have been ... > full story -
Gene Variation May Shape Bladder Cancer Treatment, Study Suggests
January 3, 2013 Patients who have inherited a specific common genetic variant develop bladder cancer tumors that strongly express a protein known as prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA), which is also expressed in many ... > full story -
Updated Tool Now Available to Predict Prostate Cancer Spread
January 3, 2013 Prostate cancer experts have developed an updated version of the Partin Tables, a tool to help men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their doctors to better assess their chance of a surgical ... > full story -
Some Men Complaint of Shortened Penis Following Prostate Cancer Treatment
January 2, 2013 Researchers at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center report a small percentage of men in a prostate cancer study complained that their penis seemed shorter following treatment, causing them ... > full story -
Tumor Boards Linked to Little Association With Effects on Cancer Care
December 28, 2012 There is little association of multidisciplinary tumor boards with measures of use, quality, or survival, and measuring only the presence of tumor boards may not be adequate in determining their ... > full story -
New Pathways That Drive Metastatic Prostate Cancer Identified
December 21, 2012 Elevated levels of Cyclin D1b could function as a novel biomarker of lethal metastatic disease in prostate cancer ... > full story -
Game-Changing Diagnostic and Prognostic Prostate Cancer Genetic Tests Developed
December 20, 2012 Researchers have developed potentially game-changing diagnostic and prognostic genetic tests shown to better predict prostate cancer survival outcomes and distinguish clinically-relevant ... > full story
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