Prostate Cancer News
Decreased Chances of Survival for Obese Prostate Cancer Patients
TopCancerNews.com - Tx,USA
An article recently published in the journal Cancer says that middle-aged
men who are obese at the time of diagnoses of prostate cancer have a
significantly ...
Outcomes Of Cryotherapy For Prostate Cancer
Medical News Today - UK
Of 168 patients who underwent a prostate biopsy, 10% had CaP at a mean of
10 months after treatment. Of note is that the standard accepted method of
...
New Drug Prostate cancer Treatment
News 8 Austin - TX,USA
In the next two minutes and 15 seconds, one man in America will be hear the
words, "You have prostate cancer." This year, the National Prostate Cancer
...
What You Should Know
Major surgery, radiation therapy, and drugs for
prostate cancer often cause impotence and may cause incontinence....
RADIATION, Drugs Help With Prostate Cancer
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
The study found that using hormone-blocking drugs for six months had
the same ... Some men did have side effects including impotence ...
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Mens-Prostate-Cancer.Org
Men's Prostate Gland Awareness
"PSA Cancer Testing News And Video Report"
News Editor
June 7, 2009
Prostate cancer is the leading cancer for men in the US. It is followed by lung cancer and then colorectal cancer. Many men who develop prostate cancer never have symptoms, undergo no therapy, and eventually die.
From age 50 onwards, men are advised to get an annual PSA testing. Males with a family history of prostate cancer should start getting yearly checkups at age 40.
But PSA testing is not enough. If the urologist detects something is wrong, he recommends a transrectal ultrasound, the same technology that produces images of babies in the womb. While ultrasound can't distinguish healthy cells from cancer cells, it can help direct a needle biopsy.
The Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test:
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