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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

 Panel: Don't Screen
 Older Men for
 Prostate Cancer

Treatment may be more harmful than helpful after the age of 74

Aug 5, 08 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Physicians should stop screening men 75 and older for prostate cancer, according to new guidelines issued by national health task force. Prostate cancer is "overdiagnosed" in up to 44% of cases—that is, the cancer is present but so slow growing that it would probably never produce symptoms in... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • PSA • American Urological Association • Veterans Administration • prostate-specific antigen • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

 Pill Delivers
 Prostate Cancer
 Breakthrough 

Daily pill shrinks advanced tumors

Jul 22, 08 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new experimental pill taken once a day is proving effective against an advanced, aggressive form of prostate cancer which has resisted other therapies, reports Reuters. The drug, abiraterone, created by Cougar Biotechnology, significantly shrank tumors in a clinical trial, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical ... More »

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prostate cancer • Institute of Cancer Research • PSA • Cougar Biotechnology • abiraterone • CYP17 • prostate-specific antigen

 Fungus Drug
 Zaps Cancer 
 in Study 

New drug starves tumors of blood

Jun 30, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A powerful new cancer drug has been developed from a fungus discovered by accident, Reuters reports. The drug, called lodamin, is dramatically effective against a range of cancers and works by starving tumors of blood, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Mice infected with... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • lung cancer • ovarian cancer • melanoma • nanotechnology • neuroblastoma • glioblastomas • uterine tumors • Aspergillus fumigatus fresenius • lodamin

Medicare May Be Behind Prostate Treatment Move

After funding cut, more doctors used surgical castration over injection

Apr 7, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Slashed Medicare reimbursement might have altered how doctors treat prostate cancer, pushing them to favor castration surgery over hormone therapy, USA Today reports. A study in the journal Cancer shows hormone-therapy injections jumped in the 1990s and early 2000s, while castration surgeries decreased. But when Medicare halved what it paid... More »

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prostate cancer • surgery • Medicare • doctor • urology • hormone therapy

 Scientists Discover New
 Diabetes Genes 

Six variants each add risk for developing the disease

Mar 31, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists pooling data from European and US studies have identified six more genes associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, the Guardian reports. The study, published in Nature Genetics, found small but significant connections between the genes and the disease, with certain genetic variants linked to a 10-15%... More »

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medical breakthrough • prostate cancer • diabetes • genetic testing • genes • Oxford University • genetic research • type 2 diabetes • Nature Genetics

 'Little Blue Pill' is 10 Years Old 

Viagra changed sexual landscape

Mar 24, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The little blue pill that rescued the sex lives and saved marriages of couples worldwide is 10 years old this month. Viagra, which has been used by some 35 million men, moved the treatment of impotence out of the shadows to lead a multi-billion-dollar industry. The drug has also triggered... More »

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hypertension • prostate cancer • diabetes • erectile dysfunction • Pfizer • sex • Viagra • Levitra • Cialis • nitric oxide • high cholesterol • erection • American Urological Association

US Cancer Deaths on the Rise

But mortality rate is still dropping, doctors say

Feb 20, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Cancer deaths in the US rose slightly in 2005, according to the American Cancer Society's latest report, but the news isn't all bad: the cancer mortality rate declined 1%, continuing the downward trend since the early 1990s, the Dallas Morning News reports. "As an aging population, we will see... More »

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breast cancer • prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • lung cancer • cancer rates • mortality rates • death rates

Docs ID Prostate Cancer Gene Markers

Screening test for men at risk could be on market in 3 years

Feb 11, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Seven genetic markers that increase a man's risk of developing prostate cancer have been identified, the Guardian reports. A test to screen for the affected genes should be ready within 3 years, British researchers say, leading to more effective early diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The newly identified genes,... More »

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prostate cancer • genetic screening • genes • Institute for Cancer Research • prostate specific antigen

Disputed Cancer Therapy Sparks Rush to Border

Docs debate prostate treatment that can't be performed in US

Jan 18, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A prostate cancer treatment not approved in the US is drawing patients to Mexico despite American doctors' doubts about its effectiveness and reputed minimal side effects, the New York Times reports. High-intensity focused ultrasound heats the prostate to temperatures near boiling but involves neither surgery nor radiation. Practitioners say it... More »

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prostate cancer • Mexico • impotence • high intensity focused ultrasound

DNA Test to Predict Cancer Risk

$300 test: a blessing or a curse?

Jan 17, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - A DNA test that can help predict a man's risk of developing prostate cancer is expected to be available later this year for as little as $300. It's the first glimpse of what's likely to be a revolution in medical testing to provide patients a window into their possible future.... More »

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prostate cancer • DNA • Harvard School of Public Health • Wake Forest University School of Medicine • ProActive Genetics • Karolinska Institute • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions • cancer screening

Singer, Songwriter
Dan Fogelberg Dies at 56

Lost 3-year battle
with prostate cancer

Dec 17, 07 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Soft rock singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died yesterday morning at his home in Maine after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 56. Fogelberg was most popular in the '70s and early '80s with hits like "Longer," "Leader of the Band," "Same Old Lang Syne,... More »

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music • prostate cancer • obituary • death • musician • Dan Fogelberg

Olmert Has Prostate Cancer

Diagnosis won't interfere with work, Israeli PM promises,
as peace talks loom

Oct 29, 07 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has prostate cancer, he announced today, and will undergo minor surgery to treat it. He said his medical condition is not life-threatening and would not affect his ability to govern. “From what my doctors have told me, this is a microscopic growth that can be... More »

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Israel • prostate cancer • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Ariel Sharon

Tangerine Peel May Help
Fight Cancer

Compound in fruit's skin attacks, destroys abnormal cells

Sep 12, 07 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - UK researchers may have found a natural way to combat certain cancers. In tests, a chemical compound in tangerine peel attacked and destroyed cancer cells. The findings could lead to treatments for cancers of the breast, lung, prostate, and ovaries, Reuters says. “It is very exciting to find a... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • prostate cancer • lung cancer • diet • ovarian cancer • cancer research • tangerines • tangerine peel • enzyme

Merv: Gay
and Closeted
to the End

Columnist wonders
why talk show host kept 'open secret'

Aug 17, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Merv Griffin, the television producer who died last week of prostate cancer, has been outed as a closeted gay man by a Hollywood Reporter columnist who was a former colleague. Griffin was married for 18 years and had a son, but his homosexuality was widely known in Los Angeles circles,... More »

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television • prostate cancer • homosexuality • Merv Griffin • Jeopardy • Wheel of Fortune • Eva Gabor • gays

Merv Griffin Dies at 82

The founder of 'Jeopardy!' passes

Aug 12, 07 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Merv Griffin, a TV impresario who found success both in front of and behind the camera, died of prostate cancer this morning at 82. Griffin is perhaps best known for creating "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune," two of television's most successful and iconic game shows. A... More »

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television • prostate cancer • obituary • talk show • Merv Griffin • game show • Jeopardy • Wheel of Fortune

You Say 'Tomato,' FDA Says 'Not a Cancer Cure-All'

Study shows no link between lycopene and reduced risk of many types of the disease

Jul 11, 07 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tomatoes and lycopene, the pigment that gives them their color, do not prevent cancer, the FDA says, contradicting preliminary research. Researchers analyzed 145 studies of lycopene, tomatoes, and cancer risk and found "no credible evidence" that the vegetable wards off lung, colorectal, breast, cervical or uterine cancers, according to... More »

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cancer • FDA • breast cancer • Harvard Medical School • prostate cancer • preventative medicine • cervical cancer • lung cancer • vegetables • ovarian cancer • cancer research • lycopene • tomatoes • colorectal cancer

FDA Panel Passes First Cancer Vaccine

Prostate treatment recruits immune system
to fight tumors

Mar 30, 07 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cancer drug that's the first to harness the body's immune system to destroy tumors got a thumbs-up from  the FDA's advisory panel, the New York Times reports. If approved, Provenge, a prostate cancer treatment, would be the first of the "cancer vaccines"—experimental therapies that commandeer a... More »

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cancer • FDA • health • prostate cancer • cancer vaccine • vaccine • Provenge

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