Prostate News Archive
28-Sep-2006
Gene Therapy Study Takes Aim At Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) are hoping a new gene therapy that takes a gene called RTVP-1 directly into the prostate tumor will prove effective in preventing recurrence of the disease.The first phase of the study is designed to test the safety of the treatment and determine the proper dosage of gene, said Dr. Dov Kadmon, professor of urology at BCM. [click link for full Hospital to host prostate cancer seminar (Asbury Park Press)
A seminar on prostate cancer will be held Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Ocean Medical Center on Jack Martin Boulevard. The free seminar, "Life After prostate Symposium,'' will include presentations from doctors and prostate cancer survivors. The session ends with a question-and-answer session. The seminar will be held at the hospital's east wing conference center. To register, call (800) 560-9990 Hospital sets prostate screening program (The Advocate)
NEWARK -- A prostate cancer education and screening program is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday in Conference Rooms A&B on the first floor of Licking Memorial Hospital. The Signs and Symptoms of Prostate Cancer (ThirdAge)
Fairfax, Va. - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) encourages men to get educated when it comes to prostate cancer awareness, screening and their treatment options. Long-term outcomes for prostate cancer show IMRT Curative: 89 percent disease-free 8 years later (EurekAlert!)
NEW YORK, September 27, 2006 -- Results from the largest study of men with prostate cancer treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) show that the majority of patients remain alive with no evidence of disease after an average follow-up period of eight years. 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. Sensitive And Specific Biomarker For Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer Identified (Science Daily)
Scientists at a Maryland-based pharmaceutical company have preliminary evidence showing that a protein in the blood may prove to be a biomarker that is more sensitive and specific than current methods of early detection for prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Appears Cured in 89 Percent of Men Treated with IMRT (Senior Journal)
September 27, 2006 - The vast majority of prostate cancer victims ? 89 percent - treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are alive and show no evidence of the cancer eight years after the treatment. Dick Francis Has Had Prostate Cancer for 12 Years. But All He Cares About is How It's Affecting His Love Life (RedNova)
By VERITY LAMBERT FORMER jockey Dick Francis is one of the world's bestselling thriller writers. But unknown to his millions of fans, Dick, now 85, has suffered from prostate cancer for the past 12 years. A widower with two sons, Felix and Merrick, he lives in the Cayman Islands.
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