An aluminus of Indian Institue of Science ( IIsc ) and a researcher at the Cancer Centre of the Medical College of Georgia,US , Dr.Arun Sreekumar, alongwith his team 25 researchers, clinicians and bio-informaticians have achieved a break-through in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.According to him, this was the first metabolic marker which has been identified among […]
Sexually active men in their 20’s, run higher risk of prostate cancer
A Study conducted by Nottingham university researchers revealed that men who are sexually active during their 20s and 30s have higher risk of prostate cancer compared to others. Prostate cancer is most common cancer in men in the UK. Every year about 30,000 cases are diagnosed with prostate cancer. The researcher enquired 800 men. Out of […]
Over 75? Skip the Prostate Cancer Screening, Say Experts
Posted by Cara McDonough to fidingDulcinea The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says that the disease is “overdiagnosed” in older men whose life expectancy is unaffected. Prostate cancer screening has led to high detection levels, with more than 218,000 men in the United States diagnosed with the disease last year. But the disease normally progresses […]
New Pill May Attack Untreatable Form of Prostate Cancer
In a small study performed in London and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, 21 men, whose prostate cancer was unresponsive to treatment, were given the drug abiraterone. Results from the study show the drug could help treat aggressive forms of prostate cancer in up to 80 percent of men. The study tested men […]
Ten new genetic clues for prostate cancer:
Gene sleuths identified more than 10 new genetic links to prostate cancer,two of which would be included in a new diagnostic test aimed at spotting men at risk from this disease.Men with prostate cancer had a strong tendency to have telitale variants in locations of chromosomes 2,3,6,7,10,11 and 19 and the X chromosome for gender, […]
Prostate cancer afflicts Israeli PM Olmert
Speaking to a packed news conference in Jerusalem on Monday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced that he has prostate cancer and would soon have surgery, but said the disease is not life-threatening and he would continue to perform his duties.I will be able to carry out my duties fully before the treatment and within hours […]
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