Prostate News Archive
19-Sep-2006
Local survivors, doctors urge prostate tests (The Flint Journal)
FLINT - John Feaster, a prostate cancer survivor, is doing his part to keep healthy with daily walks and advocating for more research of the cancer that's the second-leading cancer killer of men. Family Man Starts Battle Against Prostate Cancer (CBS4 Denver)
Whether young or old, prostate cancer is one of those diseases that has a high cure rate when found early. Doctors say not to wait for symptoms because there are none early on. Interactive online prostate cancer program offers info tailored to individual man (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO (CP) - Getting screened for possible prostate cancer or receiving a positive diagnosis can leave men perplexed and anxious about what their test results mean and their best options for further testing or treatment. Prostate cancer program offers assessment tools (CTV.ca)
The Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada has come up with an interactive online program that it hopes will help men cut through all the extraneous information and misinformation and offer answers tailored to their individual cases. Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Increase Disease Risk (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Hormone therapy for men with prostate cancer has become a mainstay of treatment, but a new Harvard study finds that the treatment increases the risk for diabetes and heart disease without improving survival. Prostate cancer treatment has health risks (USA Today)
For the first time, research shows that hormone therapy, a common treatment for prostate cancer, can raise the risk of diabetes and heart disease.
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