Prostate News Archive
30-Nov-2007
High-Carb Diet, Bigger Prostate Tumor? (WebMD)
A high-carbohydrate diet may increase the size of prostate tumors, report Canadian researchers studying diet and prostate cancer in mice. Biological markers of prostate cancer shed light on cancer burden faced by African-American men (PhysOrg)
Researchers based at Tulane University report the discovery of biological markers of prostate cancer which are involved in the growth of tumor cells, shedding light on the genetic basis for the prostate cancer burden faced by African-American men. The research is being presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in ... HMC meet mulls prostate disorders (Gulf Times)
Staff Reporter AN international training course on prostate disorders was hosted recently by Hamad Medical Corporation?s Urology Department at the Medical Education Centre. The course focused on the new techniques in the diagnosis and therapy of prostate disorders. Biological markers of prostate cancer shed light on cancer burden faced by African-American men (EurekAlert!)
ATLANTA -- Researchers based at Tulane University report the discovery of biological markers of prostate cancer which are involved in the growth of tumor cells, shedding light on the genetic basis for the prostate cancer burden faced by African-American men. Genetic And Behavioral Differences Add To Prostate Cancer Disparities (Medical News Today)
African American men face an observable disadvantage versus Caucasian men when it comes to prostate cancer survival. Not only is prostate cancer detected later in African Americans, it is often more aggressive and harder to treat. [click link for full article]
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