Prostate News Archive
04-Jan-2009
Cough medicine ingredient may treat prostate cancer (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Noscapine, a natural substance found in cough medicine, may prove useful in treating advanced prostate cancer, according to studies in mice. Why Prostate Cancer Patients Fail Hormone Deprivation Therapy (Medical News Today)
The hormone deprivation therapy that prostate cancer patients often take gives them only a temporary fix, with tumors usually regaining their hold within a couple of years. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered critical differences in the hormone receptors on prostate cancer cells in patients who no longer respond to this therapy. The findings, reported in the Jan. Family History Of Prostate Cancer Does Not Affect Some Treatment Outcomes (Science Daily)
In a first of its kind study, a first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy, also called seed implants, and patients with this type of family history have clinical and pathologic characteristics similar to men with no family history at all, according to a study in the International Journal of ... Test For Prostate Cancer Gene Soon To Be Available (Slashdot)
Tiger4 writes "CNN reports on a simple test to determine the presence of genes linked to prostate Cancer. These five genes, if present, can increase the risk of prostate cancer up to nine times. 'More than 25,000 American men will die from prostate cancer this year. But prostate cancer can be treated successfully if the disease is caught early. A blood test that can detect whether a man is at ...
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