Please note that there is a fine line in assigning articles to specific categories.
Diet and General Health
ScienceDaily, December 8, 2009: "Exercise Reduces Death Rate in Prostate Cancer Patients"
New York Times, November 13, 2009: "Forty Years' War: Medicines to Deter Some Cancers Are Not Taken"
New York Times, November 27, 2009: "Exploring a Low-Acid diet for Bone Health"
Douglas Scherr, MD; PSA Rising, November 6, 2009: "Obesity as a Factor In Prostate Cancer Treatment Options"
NaturalNews.com, November 9, 2009: "Protect the Prostate with Pomegranates"
U.S. News & World Report, September 25, 2009: Exercise May Prevent Prostate Cancer
Staten Island Advance, September 9, 2009: Nutrition and Lifestyle Changes Can Help Prostate
See also the Prostate Cancer Diet, 2009 (Deanne Cox, RD, LD, CNSC; Baylor/Dallas)
Noreem Kassem, www.menshealth.suite101.com, August 30, 2009: Saw Palmetto for Prostate Health
American Heart Association, August 17, 2009: Fish, Levels of Mercury and Omega-3 Fatty Acids
HealthDay News, August 11, 2009: Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases
US News & Health Report, August 7, 2009: Canadian study links alcohol consumption to six cancers (Note: wine is excluded!)
The "New" PC InfoLink, July 14, 2009: "Heavy" drinking, finasteride and prostate cancer risk
MedPage Today, July 13, 2009 : Heavy Drinking Boosts Prostate Cancer Risk
Zero, June 3, 2009: Diet May Reduce Risk of Prostate Cancer (Editor: also read last sentence on PC patients)
Zero, June 1, ACSM 2009: Exercise May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk in Black Men
Zero, May 28, 2009: Cutting Carbs Appears to Slow Growth of Prostate Tumors
Zero, Apr. 1,2009: Diabetes Associated with Decreased Risk of Prostate Cancer
Zero, Jan. 29, 2009: Low-Fat, Vegetarian Diet Slows PSA Doubling Time
Zero, Jan. 12, 2009: Are Statins the Wonder Drug They Appear To Be?
Prostate Cancer Foundation, Jan. 6, 2009: Study Supports Pomegranate’s Anti-prostate Cancer Potential
Zero, December 15, 2008: Nutrition Notes: Obesity, Diabetes and Prostate Cancer - What's the Link?
Zero, December 4, 2008: Prostate Cancer Risk May be Lower in Fish Eaters
ScienceDaily, October 29, 2008: "Walking Prevents Bone Loss Caused From Prostate Cancer Treatment, Study Shows"
Us TOO, November 11, 2008: Statins May Reduce PSA Levels
Related Story, United Press, Feb. 27, 2008: Multivitamin May Up Prostate Cancer Risk
Early Detection/Biopsies/Staging
Dr. William Catalona, Quest, Winter 2009: "The Life-Saving Benefits of PSA Screening"
Dr. Patrick Walsh, 2009: "Prostate Cancer Testing is Best Option for Men"
ProstateCancerInfoLink.net, December 14, 2009: "New Nomogram Can Predict Aggressive Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy"
Medical News Today, November 6, 2009: "Does Prostate-specific Antigen Velocity Help in Early Detection Prostate Cancer?"
PR, November 2, 2009: "AUA RELEASES STATEMENT CLARIFYING PROSTATE CANCER TESTING RECOMMENDATIONS" [Quote: A cancer cannot be treated if it is not detected]
Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2009: "With Cancer, it's Always Personal"
Prostablog.com, October 6, 2009: Charge that PSA Testing Leads to Over-Detection of Prostate Cancer Is 'Exaggeration,' Says 'Father' of PSA
European Urology, October 2, 2009: Prostate Cancer Mortality Reduction by Prostate-Specific Antigen–Based Screening Adjusted for Nonattendance and Contamination in the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) [Note: Up to 31% reduction in mortality rate for men actually screened]
Physicians Weekly, August 31, 2009: Prostate Cancer: Determining When to Treat
UroToday, Aug. 3, 2009: Stage shift in PSA-detected prostate cancers - effect modification by Gleason score - Abstract
NTXPCC, Pat Fulgham, MD, June, 2009: The Current Value of Imaging in the Diagnosis and Staging of Prostate Cancer
Zero, June 30, 2009: ZERO Outraged Docs Fail to Present Solution in PSA Crisis
Zero, June 6, 2009: Doctors: Early Detection is Best Bet to Battle Cancer
Zero, May 29, 2009: New Blood Test Greatly Reduces False-Positives in Prostate Cancer Screening
ASCO, 2009 Meeting Abstract: Use of PSA threshold to identify an increased 4-year risk of a prostate cancer diagnosis in U.S. men
PR Release, Apr. 27, 2009: "AUA Counters Mainstream Recommendations With New Best Practice Statement on Prostate Antigen Testing"
AUA, Apr. 27, 2009: Prostate-Specific Antigen Best Practice Statement: 2009 (82 pages)
PSA Rising, Apr. 23, 2009: MRI: Effective Tool for Staging Prostate Cancer
Zero, Mar. 30, 2009: Don't Discard the PSA Test for Cancer Yet
PR Release, March 25, 2009: "AUA STATEMENT ABOUT PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TESTING"
Zero, Mar. 10, 2009: 3D-Mapping Biopsy Can Impact Prostate Cancer Management
Zero, Mar. 2, 2009: A Better Biopsy? Local Prostate Center's Test Finds Hidden Cancers
Medical News, Jan. 17, 2009: Targeted Prostate Cancer Biopsy and Cancer Treatment Earns Acceptance From Nation's Top Prostate Specialists (TargetScan)
Zero, Dec 15, 2008: Prostate Cancer Discovered in 40 Per Cent of Men Who Test Negative for the Disease (New Advanced Biopsy Technique)
General
NewsRX, December 14, 2009: "New figures on cancer in Europe show a steady decline in mortality but big variations", PC: mortality rate decline in Western Europe attributed to better treatment; mortality rate increase in Eastern Europe. Free subscription to Newsletter available at NewsRX.
PR Newswire, December 3, 2009: "AUA Foundation Urges USPSTF to Appoint Broader Range of Medical Experts"
U.S. News & World Report, December 8, 2009: "Coffee, Exercise Fight Prostate Cancer" [includes decaffeinated coffee, reduction mainly for aggressive PC]
Naps.NET, October 10, 2009: Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Tony Romo Tackles Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily, October 8, 2009: Clinicians Map Group At High Risk For Aggressive, 'Hidden' Prostate Cancer
AP, October 2, 2009: Texas begins $3b quest to cure cancer
PRNewswire, September 20, 2009: deCODE Discovers Four New Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer
2009, New Texas Law Removes Barrier to Clinical Trials
Renal and Urology News, September 18, 2009: Estrogen May Explain the Higher PCa Risk in Blacks
Physicians Weekly, Aug. 31, 2009: Prostate Cancer: Determining When to Treat
Zero/"New" Infolink, Aug. 27, 2009: Study shows massive drop in risk for diagnosis with more advanced forms of prostate cancer
PR Newswire, Aug. 27, 2009: Tennis Legend John McEnroe Tells Men to 'Get Serious' About Prostate Cancer---Teaming With Health Organizations To Make Men Aware of New Guidelines: Talk With Doctor About Prostate Cancer At Age 40
CNN, Aug. 27, 2009: How to get Kennedy-esque health care on your budget
NewsRX, August 20, 2009: Physician trust, early screening reduces disparities for prostate cancer
Fox News, July 31, 2009: 5 Ways to Reduce the Risk of Prostate Cancer
The Palpable Prostate, July 29, 2009: Biochemical PSA Recurrence (includes AUA criteria)
Science Daily, July 29, 2009: Physician Trust, Early Screening Reduces Disparities For Prostate Cancer
NY Times, July 19, 2009: For Prostate Cancer, Many Options, Little Certainty (Letters to Editor by Simmons, Dattoli)
J Natl. Cancer Inst., June 24, 2009: CAPRA Score: Accurate Predictor of Prostate Cancer Endpoints
England Journal of Medicine, June 24, 2009: Synthetic Lethality — A New Direction in Cancer-Drug Development (PARP, *)
Houston Chronicle, June 18, 2009: Prostate Cancer: The Lions and the Lamb (Interview with MD Anderson Urologist); Editor's Comment: Please note the comment on 41% reduction in metastatic decease!
Houston Chronicle, June 15, 2009: Men 40% More Likely to Die of Cancer Due to Fear of Doctors
Commission on Cancer: 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award Recipients (includes Medical City & Presbyterian)
Zero, June 8, 2009: Sixty Percent of Cancer Patients Try Nontraditional Med
New York Times, June 5, 2009: My Brief Life as a Woman (Editor: A "Must Read" for all of you on Hormones)
Zero, May 27, 2009: Prostate Cancer Yet another Worry for Women
Zero, May 13, 2009: Men With 4+3 Score At Greater Prostate Cancer Risk
Zero, May 18, 2009: The 10 Commandments of Cancer Prevention
Zero, May 11, 2009: Where You Live May Affect Your Cancer Diagnosis (higher risk in cities)
Zero, Apr. 20, 2009: Men Know More about Women's Cancer Than the Way the Disease Affects Men
Zero, Apr.13, 2009: Study of Neighborhoods Points to Modifiable Factors, Not Race, in Cancer Disparity
Reuters, Jan. 14, 2009: Experts urge prostate cancer 'man-o-gram'
New York Times, Jan. 12, 2009: Prognosis: Left Behind in Prostate Cancer Screening
Zero, Jan. 9, 2009: Demand for All Inclusive Prostate Care Treatment Centers
Zero, Jan. 5, 2009: Testosterone Off Limits? Times are Changing
Hormones/Advanced Prostate Cancer
CancerFacts.com, December 4, 2009: "A New Clinical Trial for Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Drug"
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc., December 4, 2009: "Degarelix (Firmagon) vs Leuprolide (Lupron Depot) In Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer: Further Analysis From a Phase 111 Pivotal Trial"
Medical News Today, November 18, 2009: "Tulane Cancer Center To Begin Novel Clinical Trial For Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Drug"
CancerConsultants.com, September 18, 2009: Estrogen Receptor Modulator Reduces Bone Complications from Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Zero/"New" Infolink, August 27, 2009: Study shows massive drop in risk for diagnosis with more advanced forms of prostate cancer
Associated Press, Aug. 25, 2009: Prostate cancer hormone drugs risky for some men
HealthDay News, August 11: Oral Drug Ups Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases
Press Release, Kovak-Likly Communication, Aug. 4, 2009: Ferring Pharmaceuticals Announces Trade Name Firmagon® (degarelix for injection) for Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment
HemOnc Today, June 26, 2009: ADT increased risk for diabetes, fractures in elderly men with prostate cancer
ScienceDaily News, June 21, 2009: Dramatic Outcome in Prostate Cancer Study (MDX-010 or ipilimumab, *)
*) Note from Dr. Matt Shuford on MDX-010, but also applicable in part to other articles: " Obviously, it sounds like it was very effective, at least in the short-term, for 2 men. The important thing to understand about pilot studies in small numbers of men is that the drugs are still a long way from showing that they are effective for the majority of men, what the short-term and long-term side-effects will be (and if they are acceptable) and who the best patients to receive them are (i.e. inoperable patients, pre-surgical, post-surgical, with radiation etc). The medical world is full of pilot studies that showed great promise, only to then fail when they reached the stage of larger trials."
New England Journal of Medicine, June 11, 2009: Duration of Androgen Suppression in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Zero, May 17, 2009: Guidelines Prompt Increased Osteoporosis Testing for Patients with Prostate Cancer Treated With Androgen Ablation: Presented at AACE
ACS Blog, Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, Apr. 10, 2009: Vaccine to Treat Prostate Cancer: Are We There Yet? (Provenge)
Zero, Feb. 25,2009: Drug Industry Pushing New Treatment for Prostate Cancer While Ignoring Far Safer and Less Costly Pomegranate Seeds
Science Daily, Jan. 15, 2009: Why Prostate Cancer Patients Fail Hormone Deprivation Therapy
ACS, Jan. 13, 2009: FDA Approves New Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer - Degarelix
Prevention
Charlene Laino, WebMD.com, November 6, 2009: "Aspirin May Prevent Prostate Cancer Recurrence"
Radiation
Dr. Eric M. Horwitz, Acting Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Nov. 2009:
'GPS for the Body' Tracks Prostate Organ Movement During Radiation
Medical News Today, October 2, 2009: Prostate Cancer Study Results Published on Patients Treated with CyberKnife Radiosurgery
News-Medical.Net, September 2, 2009: Brachytherapy Regarded as Superior Treatment for Prostate Cancer
American Society for Oncology, September 2, 2009: IGRT May Improve Outcome for Obese Prostate Cancer Patients
Urology, September 2009 Edition: Urinary Side Effects and Complications After Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience
News-Press, July 4, 2009: New Treatment Takes Aim at Prostate Cancer (RapidArc; Note: This is available in the Metroplex)
Zero, May 20, 2009: Radiation Therapy After Prostatectomy Increased PSF in pT3 Prostate Cancer
Zero, May 19, 2009: Decades Later, Seeing the Benefits of Radiation After Prostate Surgery
Zero, Apr. 8, 2009: Doctors Testing Two-Day Prostate Cancer Treatment (Comment: Modified Brachy)
Zero, Mar. 31, 2009: Stanford Study on CyberKnife Radiosurgery for Prostate Cancer Demonstrates 100% PSA Response at 33 Months
Star-Telegram, Mar. 13, 2009: Technology delivers faster, more precise radiation treatment
Research
Science Daily, December 14: "Nanosensors Used to Measure Cancer Biomarkers in Blood for First Time"
U.S. News & World Report, December 4: "Coming: Vaccine That Fights Prostate Cancer" (Note: Research!)
NewsPostOnline.com, November 8: "Blood Vessels Could Predict How Prostate Cancer Would Behave"
Lincoln Journal Star, October 24: "New Test Used at Lincoln Center Counts Cancer Cells in Blood"
Miami Herald, October 8: UM Scientists Developing a New Test to Catch Cancer in Blood Early
CancerMSNBC, September 7, 2009: Virus may be cause of some prostate cancer
Science Daily, July 28, 2009: Key Event In Prostate Cancer Progression Discovered
ScienceDaily News, June 23, 2009: Curb A Cancer's Deadliness? Potent Metastasis Inhibitor Identified *)
Zero, Apr. 29, 2009: Investigational Genetic Test May Help Address Common Problems in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Associated Press, Mar. 24, 2009: Hunting tailored care for advanced prostate cancer
Zero, Feb. 27,2009: Biomarker for Fatal Prostate Cancer Found (Please read entire article before arriving at wrong conclusions)
New York Times, Feb. 26, 2009: Older Men Urged to Consider a Drug to Prevent Prostate Cancer Registration (free) with Times required to access!
Reuters, Feb. 11, 2009: Urine test to judge whether a man's disease is likely to be aggressive and life-threatening
Zero, Jan. 21, 2009: Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Linked to Gland Size
Johns Hopkins, Jan. 15, 2009: Research Links Obesity and Prostate Cancer Metastases
Risk Assessments/Outcome Predictability
The "New" Prostate Cancer InfoLink, October 26: "Is Subclassification of Stage 2 Disease Still Relevant?"
Medwire News, November 11: "Tumor Location May Assist Prostate Cancer Prognosis"
PSA Rising, November 4: "Men with low cholesterol face less risk of high-grade prostate cancer"
Uro Today, July 15, 2009: Risk Assessment for Prostate Cancer Metastasis and Mortality at the Time of Diagnosis (CAPRA)
HemOnc Today, July 6, 2009: PSA Kinetics did not Enhance Predictability of Outcome in Prostate Cancer
Side Effects
Science Dailey, December 12: "Higher Risk for Heart Disease and Diabetes Associated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy"
Reuters, December 10: "Amgen's Denosumab Reduces Cancer Bone Risk; Jaw deterioration seen in 2 percent of denosumab patients" [data provided on breast cancer]
Healthday News, December 6: "Hormonal Drugs Cool Hot Flashes From Prostate Cancer Therapy"
ProstateCancerInfoLink.net, December 1: "Managing the Side Effects of Long-Term Hormone Therapy"
Urologic Nursing, Nov. 26, 2008, Current Concepts in the Evaluation and Management of Erectile Dysfunction
Surgery
Johns Hopkins, November 26: "Surgery With the da Vinci Surgical System"
emedicine, September 28: "Laparoscopic and Robotic Prostatectomy"
Sitemaster, The "New" PCa InfoLink, Aug. 5, 2009: The surgical treatment of locally advanced disease: an update
HealthDay News, July 27, 2009: Men Who Have Prostate Cancer Surgery Do Well
Uro Today, June 15, 2009: Robotic Radical Prostatectomy for Patients with Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer Is Feasible: Results of a Single-Institution Study
TED (Technology Entertainment Design), June 2009: Catherine Mohr: "Surgery's past, present and robotic future" (Video)
Zero, May 11, 2009: Surgery Improves Lives for Prostate Cancer Patients Younger than 50 (editor's note: this study is based upon technology available 17 and 20 years ago; today's techniques are substantially improved and will most likely improve survival rates for all of the treatments used in this study)
Zero, May 1, 2009: Rehabilitation Before, After Prostate Cancer Surgery Improves Erectile Function
PSA Rising, Apr. 26, Additional robot can help surgeon spot nerve bundle necessary to preserve potency
Zero, Apr. 8, 2009: Stress Management Battles Prostate Cancer Anxiety
Zero, Apr. 2, 2009: Prostate Cancer Surgery Outcome Not Linked to BMI
CureToday, Mar. 10, 2009: Robotic Surgery: Renaissance Surgery
Sacramento Bee, Jan. 18, 2009: How old is too old for surgery ... and who makes the decision?
