Abiraterone: The Best Hope For Prostate Cancer?
As the results of the early stage trials were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, abiraterone instantly gained rave reviews as the miracle drug to treat prostate cancer. The mainstream media immediately pounced on the story during the middle of July 2008 Read more
General Diseases That Threaten Males’s Health
Men are ordinarily distinguished as the toughest of the sexes – at any rate when it comes to physical features of daily living. Read more
How Advanced Prostate Cancer Becomes Therapy Resistant
For the past 70 years the treatment of choice for advanced, metastatic prostate cancer has been androgen-deprivation therapy. That is, the suppression of circulating testosterone — the hormone that fuels prostate-cancer growth — via surgical castration (orchiectomy) or medical castration Read more
Dehydrated Tomatoes Promising For Prostate Cancer Prevention
New research suggests that the form of tomato product one eats could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential, according to a report in the June 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Read more
Prostate Cancer Treatment Without Side Effects
Mike Strong, a health minister for Hallelujah Acres, was only 52 when an annual physical revealed his Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) was 31 (normal is 4 or under). Although he had no symptoms, a biopsy confirmed that he had cancer. Read more
Invasive Methods Unnecessary For Prostate Cancer Treatment Planning
Modern 3-D computed tomography is an effective method for locating the prostatic apex for radiation therapy treatment planning in prostate cancer patients because it eliminates the need for an invasive procedure and the related side effects. Read more
Experimental Agent Blocks Prostate Cancer
An experimental drug has blocked the progression of prostate cancer in an animal model with an aggressive form of the disease, new research shows. Read more