Prostate News Archive
03-Sep-2007
Public prostate cancer screenings a success (The Decatur Daily)
Last week?s prostate cancer screening achieved its goal of drawing black men from the community, Dr. Lane Price said. ?The prostate screenings went great,? she said, noting that 73 black men participated in the free screenings at Turner-Surles Community Center. Chromogranin A Expression In Patients With Hormone Naive Prostate Cancer Predicts The Development Of Hormone Refractory ... (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com- prostate cancer cells can undergo trans-differentiation to a neuroendocrine phenotype called neuroendocrine differentiation (NED). These cells then express neurokines or proteins similar to what nerve cells secrete. It is known that these neurokines can activate the androgen receptor in the absence of androgens and are one mechanism accounting for androgen independence. [click link ... Broccoli proves to be ally in prostate cancer fight (The New Zealand Herald)
Men may be able to halve their risk of aggressive prostate cancer by adding large amounts of broccoli and cauliflower to their menu. Early detection is key to surviving prostate cancer (Point Pleasant Register)
POINT PLEASANT - September is ?Prostate Cancer Awareness Month,? and the Mason County Health Department staff, in conjunction with Dr. Shrikant Vaidya, urologist, and Pleasant Valley Hospital Laboratory and Outreach Services, will be conducting their 10th annual free prostate cancer screening clinic. BMH, Kwok planning prostate cancer screening clinic (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News)
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 100 different types of cancer exist. Among American men, prostate cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death. One in six men will develop prostate cancer in the course of a lifetime.
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