Prostate Cancer - Articles
Prostate Cancer News
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Katherine B.
If you haven't kept up with the news lately you might not be aware of all the prostate cancer news. The Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trials show that six years of aggressive, annual screening for prostate cancer led t ...
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Prostate Cancer Updates
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Katherine B.
Not many side effects from radiation treatment following prostatectomy Research is showing that two thirds of prostate cancers do not need treatment There is an increased risk of heart problem s in prostate cancer survivors using hormone therapies. Finally there is a school of thoug ...
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Prostate cancer updates
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Katherine B.
Lots of updates in prostate cancer in the last few weeks. In one study green tea has been found to slow the growth of prostate cancer. This news could be life changing for men with low risk, sl ...
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What is Prostate Cancer?
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Mike V.
Prostate cancer only affects men. It starts as a cancerous cell in or around the walnut-shaped prostate gland positioned below the urinary bladder and just in front of the rec ...
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Prostate Cancer Screening
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Dr. Matthew M.
As mentioned in theNew York Times, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently updated itsprostate cancer screening guidelines, reaffirming that evidence is lacking to recommend for or against it, and took an additional new step stating that physicians should not r ...
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STIs and Prostate Cancer
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Trichomonas vaginalis, a common sexually transmitted infection (STI), has been found to be strongly associated with the risk of advanced and lethal prostate cancer in men. Unlike diseases like syphilis and infections like HIV, trichomonas vaginalis isn’t a viral infection but a parasite. It infects millions of peopl ...
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Leukine for prostate cancer
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Mark Levin
... GM-CSF has been used to augment the activity of rituximab in patients with follicular lymphoma and to induce autologous antitumor immunity in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer. A number of studies and reports focus on its activity, alone or in combination, for prostate cancer. It has been used with thalidomide, revlimid, provenge and ...
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