Researchers identified two risk factors that indicate higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer and could help minimize risk of death Peer-Reviewed PublicationMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM New research highlights the challenge of balancing the risks of overdiagnosing and underdiagnosing prostate cancer early enough to intervene and minimize risk of death. Recently, some experts have called for the...
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FDA fast-tracks personalized therapy for hard-to-treat-prostate cancer
By Paul McClureJuly 02, 2024 A novel combination treatment for advanced prostate cancer has been granted Fast Track status by the FDADepositphotos The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lit the fast-tracking of an innovative personalized treatment for advanced prostate cancer following a promising clinical trial where the cancer disappeared completely in almost 40%...
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Chromatin openness sheds new light on prostate cancer plasticity
NEWS RELEASE 3-JUN-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND Treatment resistance caused by cancer cell plasticity constitutes a major challenge in the treatment of prostate cancer. Published in Nucleic Acids Research, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland Institute of Biomedicine suggests that the SIX2 protein may be a possible factor underlying increased plasticity...
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Prostate Cancer Screening: What Does Your Patient Fear Most?
Neil Skolnik, MD DISCLOSURES | May 22, 2024 I’m Dr Neil Skolnik, and today I’m going to talk about the American Urological Association’s (AUA’s) guideline on the early detection of prostate cancer. This guideline gives us the opportunity to revisit prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Before I go over the recommendations, I want...
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Important Gene in the Fight Against Prostate Cancer Identified
Men with mutations in a particular gene are at greater risk of developing metastases after prostate cancer.News Published: May 17, 2024 | Original story from Aarhus University Credit: iStock. Finding out that cancer has spread is always unwelcome news. A study from Aarhus University has identified a gene that determines whether patients with prostate cancer...
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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Evidence-Based or Oversold?
Howard Wolinsky In 2013, a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test revealed that Richard LaFrate’s levels had jumped. Previously in a normal range, LaFrate’s PSA was now above 6 ng/mL, indicating an elevated likelihood for prostate cancer. The jazz guitarist from Leesburg, Florida, then 70 years old, underwent a biopsy, which found two Gleason 6 lesions....
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AI reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease
by University of East Anglia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainArtificial Intelligence has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer that could revolutionize how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future. The study published in Cell Genomics reveals that prostate cancer, which affects one in eight men in their lifetime, includes two different...
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N₂O laughing matter: Self-adjusted nitrous oxide takes the pain out of prostate cancer screening procedure
by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Graphical Abstract. Credit: Journal of Urology (2023). DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000003789Each year, more than a million transrectal biopsies are performed in the United States. The primary technique for diagnosing and monitoring prostate cancer, a transrectal biopsy, entails removing tissue from the prostate gland by inserting a thin needle through the rectal wall....
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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Evidence-Based or Oversold?
Howard Wolinsky In 2013, a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test revealed that Richard LaFrate’s levels had jumped. Previously in a normal range, LaFrate’s PSA was now above 6 ng/mL, indicating an elevated likelihood for prostate cancer. The jazz guitarist from Leesburg, Florida, then 70 years old, underwent a biopsy, which found two Gleason 6 lesions....
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Plant-based diet tied to improved sexual health in men treated for prostate cancer
by NYU Langone Health Credit: CC0 Public DomainA diet that limits meat and dairy but is rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts is linked to less erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, and other common side effects seen in prostate cancer patients, a new study shows. Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Harvard...