Prostate News Archive
20-Nov-2008
Swan recalls prostate cancer battle (Herald Sun)
TREASURER Wayne Swan has spoken of his own battle with prostate cancer while announcing $7.5 million for a research centre for the disease. Swan unveils $7.5m prostate cancer fund (The West Australian)
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has drawn on his own battle with prostate cancer to announce a $7.5 million federal government grant for Australia's first dedicated research centre for the disease. Health Dept. is offering free prostate screening (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
BELLEVILLE ? The St. Clair County Health Department, a member of the Prostate Cancer Alliance, will provide prostate cancer education and screening from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at 19 Public Square, Suite 150, in the Regions Bank building. The screening is free for men age 40 to 65. Call 618-233-7703. Genetic Risk Factors May Tailor Prostate Cancer Screening Approaches (Medical News Today)
Men with a family history of prostate cancer and African-American men are particularly susceptible to the disease, with a twofold to sevenfold increased risk. Assessing risk in these populations has been difficult. "There have been years of effort to try to identify genes and genetic mutations associated with prostate cancer as there are for breast cancer," said Veda N. Giri, M.D. Gene Screen Might Predict Prostate Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors may someday be able to use five genetic markers to assess whether a man is at high risk to develop prostate cancer, a new study suggests.
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