Prostate News Archive
02-Nov-2006
Study Eyes PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer (ABC News)
Study: Rapidly Rising PSA Signals More Aggressive prostate Cancer PSA Predicts Prostate Cancer Death (Fox News)
New research suggests a blood test widely used to screen for prostate cancer can identify which patients are more likely to die from it more than a decade before the cancer is diagnosed. Newer Approach Urged In Screening For Aggressive Prostate Cancer (Science Daily)
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say that how fast the amount of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) in a man's blood increases, or PSA velocity (PSAV), is an accurate gauge of tumor aggression and danger, even when PSA levels are so low as to not warrant a biopsy. Faulty Gene Linked To Prostate Cancer Risk (Medical News Today)
Missing sections of a gene, which programmes the manufacture of a chemical to alert the body to DNA damage, almost doubles the risk of prostate cancer, reveals research published ahead of print in the Journal of Medical Genetics. [click link for full article]
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