Prostate News Archive
12-Apr-2007
Prostate Cancer Book Delivers New Hope for PCa Treatment: By Charles 'Snuffy' Myers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rivanna Health Publications recently announced the publication of prostate cancer specialist and survivor, Dr. Charles "Snuffy" Myers's newest weapon in the fight against prostate cancer: The book "Beating prostate Cancer: Hormonal Therapy and Diet" is a crucial resource for effecting remission with androgen blockade alone or in tandem with radiation or surgery. PSA Is Poor Predictor Of Lethal Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
The amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a man's bloodstream at the time of his prostate cancer diagnosis or its rate of change over the course of the disease does not adequately predict lethal prostate cancer, according to a study in the April 4 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. [click link for full article] Prostate cancer: Treatments differ (Pioneer Press)
The question: Men diagnosed with prostate cancer have three treatment choices: radiation, surgery to remove the prostate gland or 'watchful waiting' - doing nothing unless symptoms worsen. Might one of these options offer a man with aggressive or high-grade cancer the likelihood of living longer?
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