Why hormone therapy for prostate cancer fails (News-Medical-Net)
Some of the drugs given to many men during their fight against prostate cancer can actually spur some cancer cells to grow, researchers have found. The findings were published online this week in a pair of papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Drug helps prostate cancer patients (WNYT Albany)
200,000 men will be diagnosed this year with prostate cancer. Despite an arsenal of treatment options, between 30,000 and 40,000 will die of the disease by year's end, but a treatment being tested locally appears to be saving some of those men...
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Institute Scientist Receives Global Award To Aid The Fight Against Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
The Institute of Cancer Research's scientist, Dr Gerhardt Attard has just been awarded a Young Investigator Award by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) for his ongoing work into developing the prostate cancer drug abiraterone.
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Hospital to offer free prostate cancer screenings (Cypress Sun)
Prostate cancer is said to be the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting one in six men. The prostate, located only in men, is a walnut-sized gland just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. It is important to bladder control and normal sexual functioning.
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New prostate cancer radiation treatment increases accuracy (The Globe Gazette)
MASON CITY — Calypso, a new advanced prostate cancer treatment, is now available at the Mercy Cancer Center in Mason City, officials of Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa announced.
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UI cancer tip: Agent Orange exposure presents prostate cancer risk (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange have increased risk of an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
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Obese Prostate Cancer Patients May Benefit More From Brachytherapy (Medical News Today)
Brachytherapy, also called seed implants, may be a more beneficial treatment than surgery or external beam radiation therapy for overweight or obese prostate cancer patients, according to a study published in the August issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
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Open forum: Benefits of prostate cancer screening should outweigh risks (Gazette.Net)
It is hard to imagine that screening for early detection of prostate cancer could be harmful to certain individuals.
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Prostate Cancer Foundation Commits $4.3 Million to Young Investigators (Centre Daily Times)
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced 19 Young Investigators Awards for 2008. Designed to encourage the most innovative research thinkers to continue their careers in prostate cancer research, the awards provide recipients with $75,000 annually for three years to support specified research programs. These awards, totaling $225,000 each, are matched by the recipients' institutions. ...
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Bill being drafted on prostate cancer (Las Vegas Sun)
CARSON CITY – At the 2007 session of the Nevada Legislature, state Sen. Bob Coffin sponsored a bill to require health insurance and health care plans to provide coverage for annual screenings for prostate cancer for men.
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