Prostate News Archive
06-Oct-2011
Prostate history need not change therapy
MIAMI, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Men with a family history of prostate cancer should expect as good outcomes following radiation as patients who don't, U.S. researchers say. New tool helps identify prostate cancer patients with highest risk of death
After a prostate cancer patient receives radiation treatment, his doctor carefully monitors the amount of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, in his blood. An increase in PSA, called biochemical failure, is the first detectable sign of the cancer's return to the prostate. A researcher have found that the time between the last radiation treatment and biochemical failure can accurately predict a ... Infections Linked to Biopsies for Prostate Cancer
New research raises concerns about a rise in potentially serious infections that require hospitalization in men who have prostate biopsies.
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