_ Prostate cancerBlood Test Can Predict Optimal Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleAn international collaborative study by Lawson Health Research Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Royal Marsden, and Epic Sciences … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerComprehensive Study Launched on Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African-American Men By Jane Farrell articleResearchers are beginning the largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with aggressive prostate cancer in … Read More→
_ Cancer Center Prostate cancerProstate Cancer DNA Test Identifies Men with Six-Fold Increased Risk By Sondra Forsyth articleA major new study of more than 140,000 men has identified 63 new genetic variations in the DNA code that … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerHow to Fight the Side Effects of Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleMen on hormone therapy for prostate cancer may benefit significantly from hitting the gym with fellow patients and choosing more … Read More→
_ Cancer Center Prostate cancerTaking a Standard Prostate Cancer Drug with Food Boosts Impact and Lowers Cost By Sondra Forsyth articleAbiraterone acetate, marketed as Zytiga®, is the standard medicine used to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Patients taking Zytiga are … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerNew Prostate Cancer Risk Model Could Be a Better Guide for Treatment By Sondra Forsyth articleOne of the biggest challenges in treating prostate cancer is distinguishing men who have aggressive and potentially lethal disease from … Read More→
Prostate cancerGenetic counseling and Testing for Hereditary Prostate Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleThere have been few recommendations to guide physicians about when to offer men genetic consultation for prostate cancer risk. Now, … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerProstate Cancer: Symptoms, Tests and Treatments By Jane Farrell articleHere, an update from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about an all-too-widespread cancer among men. Prostate cancer is … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerStudy: Surgery for Early Stage Prostate Cancer Offers Only Minimal Benefits By Jane Farrell articleNew research provides even more evidence that prostate cancer surgery offers minimal benefits to men in the early stage of … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerAn Additional Strategy for Targeting Treatment-Resistant Prostate Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleProstate cancer cells depend on signaling through the androgen receptor (AR) to grow and survive. Many anti-cancer therapies that target … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerWhy Advanced Prostate Cancer Resists Treatment By Jane Farrell articleMetastatic prostate cancer, or prostate cancer that has spread to other organs, is incurable. Now, researchers have identified “gatekeeper genes” … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerA Prostate-Cancer Treatment May Be Linked to Dementia By Jane Farrell articleProstate-cancer patients who are treated with testosterone-lowering drugs may be twice as likely to develop dementia within five years as … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerMonitoring Prostate Cancer Offers the Same Survival Chance as Surgery or Radiotherapy By Sondra Forsyth articleActive monitoring of prostate cancer is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy in terms of survival at 10 years, reports … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerRadiation Just as Good as Surgery for Aggressive Prostate Cancer By Jane Farrell articleIn cases of aggressive prostate cancer, high-dose radiation is just as effective as surgery, according to a new study by … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerMetastatic Prostate Cancer Cases Skyrocket By Sondra Forsyth articleThe number of new cases of metastatic prostate cancer climbed 72 percent in the past decade from 2004 to 2013, … Read More→
_ Prostate cancerMindfulness Meditation Reduces Active Surveillance Anxiety in Prostate Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleMen with prostate cancer who are under close medical surveillance reported significantly greater resilience and less anxiety over time after … Read More→
_ Low Testosterone + Sex Drive Men's Health Prostate cancerLow T? No Worries! Therapy Won’t Raise the Risk of Prostate Cancer. By Sondra Forsyth articleMen with low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone need not fear that testosterone replacement therapy will increase their … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Cancer Center Prostate cancerOlder People May Be Getting Cancer Screenings That Are Not Recommended By Sondra Forsyth articleAn estimated 15.7 percent of people 65 or older may have received screenings for prostate and breast cancers that were … Read More→