Prostate News Archive

13-Jul-2008

Elderly May Fare Worse On Prostate Cancer Drugs (Channel 8 San Diego)

A prostate cancer study that could change how doctors treat some patients found that widely used hormone-blocking drugs did not improve survival chances for older men whose disease hadn't spread.

Unite 2 Fight Race Against Prostate Cancer canceled due to weather (WISH-TV Indianapolis)

Thousands turned out downtown Saturday morning for the 6th annual Unite 2 Fight Race Against prostate Cancer. But they didn't get a chance to run because rain and lightning forced officials to cancel the race.

ED from prostate cancer hormone therapy treatable (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A new study shows that a substantial minority of men receiving so-called androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, for prostate cancer experience erectile dysfunction (ED). However, many respond well to ED therapy, doctors from Memphis have found.

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