Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy shows advantages, but also certain...
New research indicates that the use of minimally invasive procedures (including the use of robotic assistance) for radical prostatectomy, which have increased significantly in recent years, may...
View ArticleExperts issue call to reconsider screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer
Twenty years of screening for breast and prostate cancer – the most diagnosed cancer for women and men – have not brought the anticipated decline in deaths from these diseases, argue experts from the...
View ArticleHigh-risk prostate cancer associated with significantly lower bone mineral...
Men with prostate cancer lose significantly less bone mineral content (BMC) as they age than men who are free of the disease, according to research in the July issue of BJUI. The findings are...
View ArticleAnti-cancer effects of broccoli ingredient explained
Light has been cast on the interaction between broccoli consumption and reduced prostate cancer risk. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Cancer have found that...
View ArticleBlood test accurately predicts death from prostate cancer up to 25 years in...
NEW YORK, September 14, 2010 – A blood test at the age of 60 can accurately predict the risk that a man will die from prostate cancer within the next 25 years, according to researchers at Memorial...
View ArticleSurgery Offers Long-Term Survival for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Patients
In the largest, most modern, single-institution study of its kind, Mayo Clinic urologists mined a long-term data registry for survival rates of patients who underwent radical prostatectomy for...
View ArticleStudy: Prostate cancer treatment linked to higher rate of colon cancer |...
NN ARBOR, Mich.— Men treated with hormone-based therapy for prostate cancer faced a 30 percent to 40 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer, compared to patients who did not receive this treatment,...
View ArticleNew prostate cancer imaging shows real-time tumor metabolism
A UCSF research collaboration with GE Healthcare has produced the first results in humans of a new technology that promises to rapidly assess the presence and aggressiveness of prostate tumors in real...
View ArticleFinger length points to prostate cancer risk
Men who have long index fingers are at lower risk of prostate cancer, a new study published today in the British Journal of Cancer has found.read more
View ArticlePSA test for men could get a second life for breast cancer in women
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...
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