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NEWS ABOUT: prostate cancer

prostate cancer stories: 37 news summaries

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 Hopper Has 
 Prostate Cancer 

Actor, 73, cancels travel plans to focus on treatment

Oct 29, 09 10:00 PM CDT
(AP) - Dennis Hopper has been given a diagnosis of prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment. Manager Sam Maydew says the 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a "special program" at the University of Southern California. Asked about Hopper's prognosis, Maydew said, "... More »

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entertainment • prostate cancer • University of Southern California • Dennis Hopper • actor

Lloyd Webber Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

Disease in early stage; expects to be back at work before end of year

Oct 25, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(AP) - British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a spokeswoman said today in a statement that said "the condition is in its very early stages. Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year." More »

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prostate cancer • Broadway • composer • musical • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Phantom Of The Opera

Cancer Experts Worried About Screening

American Cancer Society to warn of risks as well as benefits

Oct 21, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Cancer Society is rethinking its advice on screening for breast and prostate cancer amid studies showing that the tests can miss the deadliest forms of the disease, and in some cases lead to dangerous, unnecessary treatment. The society is working on a new message stressing that cancer screening... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • mammogram • cancer screening • women's issues

Robot-Assisted Prostate Surgery Linked to Problems

Study finds potential issue with non-invasive surgery option

Oct 14, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men who undergo minimally invasive, robot-assisted prostate surgery were more than twice as likely to suffer from impotence and incontinence a year and a half later, compared to those receiving conventional surgery, a new Harvard study has found. Some 4.7% of those treated with laparoscopic surgery, using remote-controlled techniques,... More »

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prostate cancer • surgery • robots • robotics • laparoscopy

 Petraeus 
 Secretly 
 Treated 
 for Cancer 


General diagnosed with prostate cancer in February

Oct 6, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(AP) - Gen. David Petraeus was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in February but underwent successful radiation treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the military disclosed today. A spokesman for Petraeus said the treatment had little effect on the general's job and Petraeus did make at least one overseas trip... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • David Petraeus • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • radiation • Army general

Virus Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Connection may lead to better diagnosis, customized treatment

Sep 7, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aggressive human prostate cancer cells contain a virus associated with cancer in animals, a discovery that raises hopes for more accurate diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. "We're not saying this virus causes cancer," cautioned the lead researcher. "The best we can... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • Columbia University • prostate specific antigen • University of Utah • prostate-specific antigen • PSA test • XMRV

(Newser) - An experimental drug could drastically decrease the risk of bone breakage in osteoporosis sufferers, Time reports. Two trials of the drug denosumab in groups at high risk for the disease—men receiving testosterone-depleting treatment for prostate cancer and post-menopausal women—reduced the risk of fracture by more than 50%,... More »

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drugs • prostate cancer • menopause • osteoporosis • postmenopausal women • medical study • broken bone • denosumab

 Dodd Has Prostate Cancer 


Jul 31, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senator Chris Dodd has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Hartford Courant reports, but the disease is in its early stages, and Dodd doesn’t think it will sideline him long. He’ll undergo surgery during the August recess, and expects to return after a “brief recuperation,”... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • Senate • Chris Dodd • Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

OPINION

Health Reform Must Pass
the Test of
Prostate Cancer

Efficacy should trump novelty in care choices

Jul 8, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget public options and universal mandates. The real litmus test for health care reform is prostate cancer testing, writes David Leonhardt of the New York Times. Treatments for the disease range in cost from a few thousand dollars to more than $100,000. "You can probably guess... More »

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health care • health care costs • prostate cancer • medical research • cancer treatment • health care reform • public option

VA Doc Botched 92 of 116 Cancer Operations

Philly prostate patients routinely had treatment placed in wrong organ

Jun 21, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The VA Hospital in Philadelphia performed 116 operations to treat prostate cancer before an investigation found that 92 of the them had been seriously botched, the New York Times reports. The VA considered Dr. Gary Kao an expert who didn't need oversight, and allowed him to cover up his mistakes... More »

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prostate cancer • medical malpractice • cancer treatment • radiation • VA Hospital

New Prostate Cancer Drug Amazes Researchers

Experimental therapy cures men's inoperable cancer

Jun 20, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The total recovery of two patients suffering inoperable prostate cancer under a new treatment has amazed researchers at the Mayo Clinic, the Minnesota Post reports. The men, who suffered from a highly aggressive and deadly form of the disease, were found to be cancer-free after treatment with an experimental drug... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • cancer research • cancer treatment • Mayo Clinic • immunotherapy

Heart Pills Curb
Risk of Prostate
Cancer: Study

Statins also help
urinary tract, erections,
early findings show

Apr 27, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men taking cholesterol drugs to avert heart attacks may also be protecting themselves against prostate cancer and impotency, Bloomberg reports. A 15-year study by the Mayo Clinic tracked 2,440 white Minnesotans and found that those who took statins lowered their cancer risk threefold. The findings are challenged by another... More »

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prostate cancer • men • Mayo Clinic • medical study • erection • cholesterol-lowering statins

Value of Prostate Screening in Doubt: Studies

Routine checks don't lower risk of cancer death, research shows

Mar 18, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Routine screenings may do little or nothing to prevent deaths from prostate cancer, two new studies show. In US research on 76,000 men, the widely used PSA blood test didn't lower the risk of death. And a European trial that covered 162,000 subjects found only a modest... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • study • cancer prevention

 Don Imus Diagnosed 
 With Prostate Cancer 

Radio host tells audience of diagnosis

Mar 16, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shock-jock Don Imus, best known for stirring near-universal ire with his "nappy-headed hos" comment, announced on-air this morning that he has stage 2 prostate cancer, WCBS-TV in New York reports. Imus, 68, voiced confidence that "his doctors will beat it," Fox News reports, and speculated that the... More »

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cancer • radio • CBS • prostate cancer • Don Imus • ABC • Rutgers University • broadcasting

(Newser) - A molecule present only in men who have the deadly form of prostate cancer may be the key to a simple urine test for the disease, the BBC reports. “It raises the possibility of telling the difference between the type of cancer that does no harm—which we term... More »

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prostate cancer • medical research • University of Michigan • medical study • malignancy • sarcosine • urine test • benign

 Gene Discovery Raises 
 Breast Cancer Hopes 

Targeted therapy may prevent lethal spread, researchers say

Jan 6, 09 5:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Researchers have singled out a gene that spreads breast cancer and makes it chemo-resistant, raising the prospect of drug therapy that localizes the disease and improves survival rates, the Baltimore Sun reports. Scientists believe that metadherin, or MTDH—found in 40% of the breast cancer patients studied—makes tumor cells... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • prostate cancer • science • death • cancer treatment • genes • medical study

Combo Treatment Halves Prostate Death Rates: Study

Researchers say using radiation plus hormones should be worldwide practice

Dec 16, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Using radiation therapy in combination with hormone treatment can double the survival rate of patients with advanced prostate cancer, a new European study finds. Of those men given only standard drugs, 24% died after 10 years, compared to less than 12% of those given both treatments. Combined treatment is already... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • cancer research • radiation • oncology • radiology • hormone therapy

Vitamins Don't Change Cancer Risk: Studies

Perception that vitamins can prevent prostate problems is false

Dec 10, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Two new studies debunk the perception that vitamin supplements help ward off prostate and other cancers, the BBC reports. The trials involving 50,000 men provided the most definitive results yet on the effects of vitamins C and E—or, rather lack thereof—on cancer. One study had planned to... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • research • studies • cancer prevention • medical study • vitamin E • vitamin C • selenium

Painkillers May Play Role in Prostate Cancer

Doctors unsure if drugs reduce risk—or merely make screening harder

Sep 8, 08 5:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Common pain relievers like aspirin and ibuprofen belong to a class of drugs that lowers protein levels doctors use to test for prostate cancer, the second-most-common cancer found in men. But researchers say it's not clear if the drugs are lowering the risk of developing the cancer or just making... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • painkiller • aspirin • cancer prevention • ibuprofen • men's health • Advil • Motrin • Aleve

OPINION

Don't Be Fooled: Prostate Cancer Screening Is Key

Guidelines against
PSA testing
could cost lives

Aug 26, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A national task force’s recent warning against prostate cancer screenings in some men could put their lives at risk, cautions physician and researcher William J. Catalona in the Washington Post. “It's important to note that consideration was not given to the overwhelming body of emerging evidence that screening... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • cancer screening • PSA • American Urological Association • prostate-specific antigen

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