Prostate News Archive
02-Oct-2006
Prostate cancer screening event was a success (The Kentucky Standard)
The University of Louisville Kentucky Cancer Program (KCP) is grateful to Nelson County-City of Bardstown for helping to make the recent free prostate cancer screening, Drive Across Kentucky, a huge success. A closer look at prostate cancer (Republican American)
The prostate is a walnut-size gland located beneath the bladder. The gland helps control urination and produces the white fluid in semen. Most prostate cancers develop from glandular cells. Prostate?s top 10 (The Star Online)
Consultant oncologist Dr G. SELVARATNAM looks at the top 10 questions asked by men about prostate cancer. Finding friendship, inspiration by facing a cruel disease (Boston Globe)
In May 2000, Harry St. Onge learned he had prostate cancer, and underwent surgery. A year later, his doctor detected a lump in his neck, which turned out to be aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. St. Onge underwent chemotherapy. Six months after that, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent radiation. Final Data From Two Phase II Trials Indicate Activity of Adecatumumab (MT201) in Breast and Prostate Cancer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Micromet, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of novel, proprietary antibody-based products for cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, and Serono today reported on the outcome of two phase II trials testing the activity of adecatumumab in metastatic breast cancer and in prostate cancer, respectively. Link Between Sexual Motivation And Patterns Of Erectile Dysfunction Therapy Among Long-Term Prostate Cancer Treatment (Medical News Today)
The prevalence and outcome of ED therapy among long-term prostate cancer (CaP) survivors is reported by Dr. Miller and colleagues at the University of Michigan in the July 2006 issue of Urology. A cohort of 896 men was studied. Of these, 665 had undergone radical prostatectomy (RP), 147 had conformal radiotherapy (RT), 84 had brachytherapy (BT) and 112 men were controls without CaP. [click link Five foods that help prevent prostate cancer (Republican American)
The old saying 'you are what you eat,' should be taken to heart when it comes to prostate cancer, experts say. "There are definitely (nutritional) things that can be done to reduce the incidence," said Dr. Stephen Siegel, a urologist with Urology Specialists in Waterbury.
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