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According to a recent study at University of California at San Francisco, treatment decision-making can be difficult and complex for patients with low-risk prostate cancer. To the researchers’ knowledge, there is no consensus regarding an optimal treatment strategy and the choice of therapy involves tradeoffs between differing harms and benefits that are sensitive to patient values. In such situations, patients are often asked to participate actively in the decision-making process, and high-quality decisions require a well-informed patient whose values and preferences have been taken into consideration. Prior studies have indicated that patients have poor knowledge and unrealistic expectations regarding treatment, and physician judgments concerning ... Read Full Story
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Over the years a variety of factors have suggested an association between diet and risk for prostate cancer — with a particular emphasis on the “dangers” of larger quantities of things like red meat, meat fats, and milk-based products in the diet. Recently, a study at the University of Melbourne have conducted a prospective investigation of associations between dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk in 14,627 men of ages 34 to 75 years for an average of 13.6 years. The bottom line to what is a complex epidemiological and statistical analysis is that this study were unable to identify any association between any dietary ... Read Full Story
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Around 10,000 men in the UK die from prostate cancer each year. This is one of the reason Belfast City Hospital joins other leading research hospitals around the world in using the experimental drugs designed to help men whose cancer has spread to the bones. Experts hope men with advanced prostate cancer could be treated by new drugs being tested in Belfast. Specialists behind the trial said because the radiotherapy, known as an alpha-pharmaceutical, only works over very small distances the width of a few cells health tissues like bone marrow appear to remain relatively unharmed. Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who eat a lot of red meat and processed meats may have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer than those who limit such foods, a large study of U.S. men suggests. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute found that among more than 175,000 men they followed for nine years, those who ate the most red and processed meats had heightened risks of developing any stage of prostate cancer, or advanced cancer in particular. The findings, reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology, add to a conflicting body of research on meat intake and prostate cancer risk. Because ... Read Full Story
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has found that the majority of surgeons treating prostate cancer in the United States have extremely low annual caseloads, potentially leading to increased rates of both surgical complications… Read Full Story
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      Health Report: Genistein (Soy Isoflavone) & Prostate Cancer   "A critical weekly review of important new research findings for health-conscious readers..."   By, Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS   Updated:  11/22/2009 The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author.  Please consult with your physician before making any lifestyle or...  
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Prostate Cancer! Graviola and N-Tense are said to be very effective fighting this. Are they? Many people have, and still are using them. The results appear to say a big yes!Prostate Cancer! Can it be Beaten Using Traditional Herbal Remedies? is a post from: DJ Traffic  
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Medical naysayers booty the position that PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening is not able in diagnosing prostate cancer. They additionally feel that the PSA screening causes men to become unnecessarily stressful. The apparent actuality is that PSA screening saves lives, abnormally back it detects the aboriginal stages of prostate cancer. This actuality I can adjure to. Every year, for the accomplished eight years, I got a PSA analysis...  
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There are abounding factors which actuate the adapted analysis choices for prostate cancer. These factors include: age, accepted bloom conditions, the date and brand of the cancer, and claimed preferences of the patient. For example, some men would adopt to abatement a aching or afflictive analysis if it is absurd to access their lifespan. There are abounding anaplasty options for men with prostate cancer, and in some cases anaplasty is...  
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Men with advanced prostate cancer could be treated by new drugs being tested in Belfast. Related Stories'Six beers a day keeps the doctor away'Male infertility studies hit by funding shortage, says academic  
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11/18/2009: What the heck is this you ask? It’s a… Prostate Cancer Fundraiser at Mulligans - 11/20 Moboken Movember is changing the face on male Prostate Cancer Awareness. Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues - specifically prostate and testicular cancer. With the month long fundraiser Mo bros (men) and Mo sistas (women) [...]  
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 18, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:THLD) today announced clinical trial results related to Threshold's clinical stage hypoxia-activated prodrug, TH-302. The results were presented yesterday at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics being held November 15 to 19, 2009, in Boston, MA.  
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(HealthNewsDigest.com) - LINTHICUM, MD, — The American Urological Association (AUA) is aware of recent news reports disparaging prostate cancer testing. We are concerned that these reports are causing significant confusion for patients and we wish to clarify our recommendations on prostate cancer testing with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and digital rectal exam (DRE). The AUA strongly supports early prostate cancer detection and...  
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The study of finasteride—better known under its trade name as a hair-growth formula, Propecia—measured the effects of the drug on prostate cancer diagnosis in men 55 and over. There are about 29 million men ages 55 to 80 in the United ...  
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