Prostate News Archive
01-Apr-2009
Prostate Cancer Patient Anxiety Independently Predicts Early Start Of Androgen Deprivation Therapy For Biochemical ... (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com - Dr. William Dale and associates reported on the influence of anxiety when a patient with prostate cancer (CaP) and biochemical recurrence (BCR) initiates androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). A total of 67 patients with a mean age of 68 years participated and 70% of these rated their own health as very good or excellent. Data was collected from surveys and medical records. Vitamin K and prostate cancer ? study supports benefits (Nutraingredients.com)
Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center report that an improved status of the vitamin was linked to a lower risk of both advanced-stage prostate cancer and high-grade prostate cancer. Significance Of Preoperative HbA1c Level In Patients With Diabetes Mellitus And Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com - In the online version of The Prostate, a group of Korean investigators linked pre-radical prostatectomy (RP) hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) and tumor aggressiveness. The retrospective study analyzed the records of 740 men with prostate cancer (CaP) who underwent RP for clinically localized disease. "Watchful waiting" safe for some prostate cancers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Carefully selected men with "low-risk" prostate cancer can safely delay treatment and opt instead for active surveillance, researchers report in the April issue of The Journal of Urology. Circulating Prostate Tumor Cells Detected By Reverse Transcription-PCR In Men With Localized Or Castration-Refractory ... (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com - In the journal Clinical Chemistry, Dr. Pauliina Helo and the group of Dr. Hans Lilja at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center measured circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in prostate cancer patients by the commercially available CellSearch;Veridex assay and compared it to a RT-PCR methodology from their laboratory.
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