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Gleevec gets hopeful results

...so holds promise for the treatment of lung cancer, prostate cancer and a form of stomach cancer. In the longest study of the drug so far, researchers studied 532 patients with chronic leukemia. They all had received the standard drug, interferon, but after six months their cancer had gotten worse. The patien...

Tomato Sauce reduces Cancer Risk- Study

... can obviously reduce their chances of contracting prostate cancer. Consuming cooked tomatoes was particularly..., ketchup and other tomato-based foods lowered the prostate cancer risk by as much as 30 percent.// Dr. Edward Giovannucci of Brigham and Women's Hospital and ...

Novel biopsy technique for prostate cancer

...ly a more extensive biopsy detecting technique for prostate cancers has been found out by researchers.// This ...aditional examination. In the traditional exam for prostate cancer, the doctor takes six tissue samples from the prostate gland. At Ohio State University, re...

New diagnostic marker for prostate cancer

...ene which acts as a specific diagnostic marker for prostate cancer. Using a technique called DNA microarray an... study, AMACR was found in over 90 per cent of 200 prostate cancer tissue samples. Importantly, it was not seen in benign prostate tissue or other tissue showin...

Look out for sepsis

...more lives than breast, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancer together, and is the leading cause of death in intensive care. Dr Jean-Louis, a critical care expert at the University of Belgium, thinks everyone should be more aware of the possibility of sepsis. Symptoms include fever and shaking chills, ...

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

...n therapy could increase substantially an advanced prostate cancer patient's chances of living free of the dis..., among 400 patients in advanced stages// of their prostate cancer, meaning their chances of survival were deteriorating. The international study involved patie...

Genetic tests for cancer

... patients.Around six to eleven per cent of breast, prostate and colorectal cancers have a clear genetic cause. And we now know// at least some of the genes involved, and can test for them. Dr.Lindsay Prior, a sociologist at Cardiff University felt that at least, few of those referred for genetic counselling w...

Brachytherapy for breast cancer

...n found that it has been used with some success in prostate cancer. A group of 200 women were assigned to either a lose dose or a high dose implant, placed in the lumpectomy cavity after surgery for early stage breast cancer. Follow-up suggested that five year outcomes are similar to those for the more conve...

Prostate cancer and Vitamins

...ns may be unsafe to men experiencing treatment for prostate cancer. Researchers say tens of thousands of prostate cancer patients self-administer vitamins and minerals,// and use untested medical therapies in doses...

Decision making made easier

...and with men considering the treatment options for prostate problems. In both instances, the videodisc was liked by both patients and doctors and played an important part in helping the patient to come to a decision they were happy with. The new technology opens the door to better-informed patients, and mor...

Inadequate proof to justify routine prostate screen

... not enough proof or evidence that the benefits of prostate cancer screening make it worthwhile offering to all men. While the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test can detect cancer early,// there is controversy over how useful the test...

Combination regime may work against prostate cancer

...ecrease in the PSA levels. PSA is produced in the prostate gland. A high level of PSA may indicate the presence of cancer. In men with advanced prostate cancer, the PSA level provides information about the amount of cancer in the body. Further study of...

Response to chemotherapy could be measured by Prostate-Specific Antigen Doubling Time

...er chemotherapeutic response to hormone-refractory prostate cancer could be measured via changes in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) found that prostate cancer doubling time may be an auxiliary marker of response to chemotherapy// in patients with hormo...

Safety of soy under suspicion

...ls of genistein in the womb grew up to have larger prostate glands and smaller testes. The rats had normal sperm counts and would behave as if they wanted to mate when placed with females. However, they were unable to ejaculate. The effects were just as severe in males that did not eat genistein after weaning...

Lifestyle linked to prostate cancer risk

...lar physical activity and undergoing screening for prostate cancer can help stop disease progression. In a six-year study of 1,117 patients with localised prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Texas looked at prostate specific antigen levels, the agg...

Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer

...tients who have received definitive local therapy, prostate cancer recur in 21% of them. Treatment for recurrent prostate cancer are based on whether the disease is localized or includes distant metastases. However the pre...

Awareness increase Prostate cancer detection

Occurrence of prostate cancer is common among older men. Being the second...he size and characteristics of the prostate.// The prostate should be symmetrical, about the size of a walnut, and absent of any nodules or polyps. There have b...

Missing Protein In Cancer Development

...ntrosomes may be key in the progression of breast, prostate and colon tumors. However there are other factors involved in this process. What is identified an just an regulator....

Gene Therapy could treat Impotence

...the cavernous nerves, which are located around the prostate gland and play an// important role in erections. After a period of four weeks, researchers stimulated the cavernous nerves in the rats. Those rats that received the gene therapy had a substantially greater ability to achieve erections than those that...

Vitamin D May Aid Breast Cancer Treatment

...h on vitamin D found it was effective against both prostate and breast tumors. Currently, a large European trial is testing EB1089 on human cancer patients....

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