Prostate News Archive
07-Aug-2006
Long-term Results And Overview Of Brachytherapy (Medical News Today)
In the online version of the World Journal of Urology, Dr. Stefan Machtens and colleagues present a review of brachytherapy with a European perspective. Brachytherapy for prostate cancer (CaP) is performed with permanent radioisotopes Iodine-125 or Palladium-103. I-125 has a half-life of 60 days and the radioactive decay will occur over 1 year following the implant. [click link for full article] HISPANIC HEALTH FAIR TODAY (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
The eighth annual Hispanic Wellness Fair begins at 9 a.m. today in the Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibits Hall at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. Services include mammograms, eye exams and screenings for illnesses including prostate cancer and diabetes. Children can get required immunizations and dental exams. School supplies and bicycle helmets will be distributed. Bilingual volunteers will be Analysis Of "Negative" Lymph Nodes In Prostate Cancer Reveals Occult Metastasis In 13% (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com - Node positive prostate cancer (CaP) usually results in early androgen-deprivation therapy. The incidence of pathologic understaging of surgical lymph nodes in CaP is unknown. Dr. [click link for full article] Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Phase 2 Data For Ozarelix In Hormone-Dependent Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
SpectrumPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPPI) today announced data from its Phase 2trial with ozarelix for patients suffering from hormone-dependent prostatecancer. In this study, ozarelix was administered intramuscularly in 65, 100 or130 mg according to different dosing schedules and repeated for 3 cycles of28 days. [click link for full article] Health briefs (Tallahassee Democrat)
The Tallahassee Memorial Cancer Center and Southeastern Urological Center have teamed up to offer free prostate cancer screenings for men 50 and older. Flirting fundraiser (Calgary Sun)
Status Magazine and Renovations -- The Spa for Men teamed up to support Calgary Health Trust Bill Brooks Prostate Cancer Project by hosting Summer Rendezvous at Lucky Lounge. Fear Factor in Early Prostate Cancer (WebMD)
Men with early prostate cancer may choose treatments based partly on fear and misconceptions about their options. Nanoparticles Annihilate Prostate Cancer (Scientific American)
Fighting cancer is currently a messy war. Modern chemotherapies attack tumors with the equivalent of a machinegun approach: cover the area widely with deadly fire and hope to destroy the tumor with a minimum of collateral damage. Altering Fatty Acid Levels In Diet May Reduce Prostate Cancer Growth Rate, UCLA Study Shows (Medical News Today)
UCLA researchers found that altering the fatty acid ratio found in the typical Western diet to include more omega-3 fatty acids and decrease the amount of omega-6 fatty acids may reduce prostate cancer tumor growth rates and PSA levels. [click link for full article] Genes Expressed in Prostate Cancer and Methods of Use (Pharmalicencing)
This invention is a novel gene, called New Gene Expressed in prostate (NGEP). This gene appears to be expressed only in prostate, and has two known splice variants of significantly different size.
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