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Globe Newswire, Mar. 2: "Myriad Genetics Launches PROLARIS(TM): First Diagnostic Test to Predict Prostate Cancer Recurrence"
Renal&Urology News, Mar. 2: "Brachytherapy An Option for Younger Prostate Cancer Patients"
Associated Press, Feb. 25: "NY-Made Robotic Surgery Simulator Rolled Out"
CancerTreatmentPro.com, Feb. 22: "Top 10 Things Women Should Know About Prostate Cancer"
Johns Hopkins University Health Alerts, Feb. 18: "Should You Take Proscar to Prevent Prostate Cancer?"
"New" Prostate Cancer InfoLink, Feb. 10: "Surgery for lymph node-positive prostate cancer: a second look" [based on 2010 paper by Munich Cancer Registry]
Urology, February: "Treatment Outcomes of Radical Prostatectomy in Potential Candidates for 3 Published Active Surveillance Protocols"
HealthNewsDigest, Feb. 1: "Can Soy Bread Fight Cancer?"
Reuters, Feb.1: "Hormone Drugs For Prostate Cancer May Hurt Heart"
MedPage Today, Jan. 29: "In Prostate CA, Sexual Decline After Radiation Has Limit"
Science Daily, Jan. 27: "Biochemical Profile May Help Diagnose, Determine Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer"
ProstateCancerInfiLink.net, Jan. 22: "HIFU Is Not Necessarily as Safe as Suggested"
OurGoodHealth.com, January 19: "Why You Should Consider a Prostate Cancer PSA Test TODAY"
ProstateCancerInfolink.net, January 16: "Appropriate Frequency of Spinal MRI Scans in Men With Metastatic CRPC"
Medscape.com, January 14: "Hormone Therapy Ups All-Cause Mortality in Older Men With Localized Prostate Cancer" [Note: This is neoadjuvant hormone therapy added to brachytherapy]
Business Week, January 14: "Amgen: Strengthening Bones, Weakening Cancer?" [Note: Denosumab]
Medscape.com, January 14: " 'Active Surveillance' Now Prominent in NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines"
Reuters, January 11: "Dendreon Sees Full Provenge Capacity by Mid-2011"
PSA-Rising, January 12: "First Gene Marker Found for Aggressive Prostate Cancer" [Research]
The "New" Prostate Infolink, January 7: "The chicken or the egg ... or both?"
Reuters, January 7: "Exercise May Prevent Incontinence From Prostate Surgery"
ACS, January 7: "Study Shows Regular Exercise Benefits Prostate Cancer Survivors"
Science Daily, January 4: "PSA Value at 2 Years Post-Treatment Can Predict Long-Term Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients"
CNN, January 4: "Five 'Eating Better' Foods to Slip Into Your Diet in '10" [Note: Recommendations in the article are very similar to the Prostate Cancer Diet provided by Diana Cox for NTXPCC.]
Dr. William Catalona, Quest, Winter 2009: "The Life-Saving Benefits of PSA Screening"
Dr. Patrick Walsh: "Prostate Cancer Testing is Best Option for Men"
ProstateCancerInfoLink.net, December 14: "New Nomogram Can Predict Aggressive Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy"
Science Daily, December 14: "Nanosensors Used to Measure Cancer Biomarkers in Blood for First Time"
NewsRX, December 14: "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.
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]
U.S. News & World Report, December 8: "Coffee, Exercise Fight Prostate Cancer" [includes decaffeinated coffee, reduction mainly for aggressive PC]
ScienceDaily, December 8: "Exercise Reduces Death Rate in Prostate Cancer Patients"
Related - ScienceDaily, October 29, 2008: "Walking Prevents Bone Loss Caused From Prostate Cancer Treatment, Study Shows"
Healthday News, December 6: "Hormonal Drugs Cool Hot Flashes From Prostate Cancer Therapy"
U.S. News & World Report, December 4: "Coming: Vaccine That Fights Prostate Cancer" (Note: Research!)
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc., December 4: "Degarelix (Firmagon) vs Leuprolide (Lupron Depot) In Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer: Further Analysis From a Phase 111 Pivotal Trial"
CancerFacts.com, December 4: "A New Clinical Trial for Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Drug"
PR Newswire, December 3: "AUA Foundation Urges USPSTF to Appoint Broader Range of Medical Experts"
ProstateCancerInfoLink.net, December 1: "Managing the Side Effects of Long-Term Hormone Therapy"
The Screening Discussion
Recent publications of early results of screening trials brought up some discussions in the community. Related information is shown on this site.
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ACS: What's New in Prostate Cancer Research?
Other ACS news articles: Prostate Cancer Questions Answered.
Other Us TOO news articles: Prostate Cancer News You Can Use
Other ZERO news articles: Prostate Cancer in the News
PSA-Rising.com: PSA Rising
Read or print the January Us TOO HotSheet (with permission from Us TOO; for archived versions of the HotSheet please visit Us TOO)
Globe Newswire, Mar. 2: "Myriad Genetics Launches PROLARIS(TM): First Diagnostic Test to Predict Prostate Cancer Recurrence"
Renal&Urology News, Mar. 2: "Brachytherapy An Option for Younger Prostate Cancer Patients"
Associated Press, Feb. 25: "NY-Made Robotic Surgery Simulator Rolled Out"
CancerTreatmentPro.com, Feb. 22: "Top 10 Things Women Should Know About Prostate Cancer"
Johns Hopkins University Health Alerts, Feb. 18: "Should You Take Proscar to Prevent Prostate Cancer?"
"New" Prostate Cancer InfoLink, Feb. 10: "Surgery for lymph node-positive prostate cancer: a second look" [based on 2010 paper by Munich Cancer Registry]
Urology, February: "Treatment Outcomes of Radical Prostatectomy in Potential Candidates for 3 Published Active Surveillance Protocols"
HealthNewsDigest, Feb. 1: "Can Soy Bread Fight Cancer?"
Reuters, Feb.1: "Hormone Drugs For Prostate Cancer May Hurt Heart"
MedPage Today, Jan. 29: "In Prostate CA, Sexual Decline After Radiation Has Limit"
Science Daily, Jan. 27: "Biochemical Profile May Help Diagnose, Determine Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer"
ProstateCancerInfiLink.net, Jan. 22: "HIFU Is Not Necessarily as Safe as Suggested"
OurGoodHealth.com, January 19: "Why You Should Consider a Prostate Cancer PSA Test TODAY"
ProstateCancerInfolink.net, January 16: "Appropriate Frequency of Spinal MRI Scans in Men With Metastatic CRPC"
Medscape.com, January 14: "Hormone Therapy Ups All-Cause Mortality in Older Men With Localized Prostate Cancer" [Note: This is neoadjuvant hormone therapy added to brachytherapy]
Business Week, January 14: "Amgen: Strengthening Bones, Weakening Cancer?" [Note: Denosumab]
Medscape.com, January 14: " 'Active Surveillance' Now Prominent in NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines"
Reuters, January 11: "Dendreon Sees Full Provenge Capacity by Mid-2011"
PSA-Rising, January 12: "First Gene Marker Found for Aggressive Prostate Cancer" [Research]
The "New" Prostate Infolink, January 7: "The chicken or the egg ... or both?"
Reuters, January 7: "Exercise May Prevent Incontinence From Prostate Surgery"
ACS, January 7: "Study Shows Regular Exercise Benefits Prostate Cancer Survivors"
Science Daily, January 4: "PSA Value at 2 Years Post-Treatment Can Predict Long-Term Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients"
CNN, January 4: "Five 'Eating Better' Foods to Slip Into Your Diet in '10" [Note: Recommendations in the article are very similar to the Prostate Cancer Diet provided by Diana Cox for NTXPCC.]
Dr. William Catalona, Quest, Winter 2009: "The Life-Saving Benefits of PSA Screening"
Dr. Patrick Walsh: "Prostate Cancer Testing is Best Option for Men"
ProstateCancerInfoLink.net, December 14: "New Nomogram Can Predict Aggressive Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy"
Science Daily, December 14: "Nanosensors Used to Measure Cancer Biomarkers in Blood for First Time"
NewsRX, December 14: "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.
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]
U.S. News & World Report, December 8: "Coffee, Exercise Fight Prostate Cancer" [includes decaffeinated coffee, reduction mainly for aggressive PC]
ScienceDaily, December 8: "Exercise Reduces Death Rate in Prostate Cancer Patients"
Related - ScienceDaily, October 29, 2008: "Walking Prevents Bone Loss Caused From Prostate Cancer Treatment, Study Shows"
Healthday News, December 6: "Hormonal Drugs Cool Hot Flashes From Prostate Cancer Therapy"
U.S. News & World Report, December 4: "Coming: Vaccine That Fights Prostate Cancer" (Note: Research!)
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc., December 4: "Degarelix (Firmagon) vs Leuprolide (Lupron Depot) In Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer: Further Analysis From a Phase 111 Pivotal Trial"
CancerFacts.com, December 4: "A New Clinical Trial for Late-Stage Prostate Cancer Drug"
PR Newswire, December 3: "AUA Foundation Urges USPSTF to Appoint Broader Range of Medical Experts"
ProstateCancerInfoLink.net, December 1: "Managing the Side Effects of Long-Term Hormone Therapy"
The Screening Discussion
Recent publications of early results of screening trials brought up some discussions in the community. Related information is shown on this site.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ACS: What's New in Prostate Cancer Research?
Other ACS news articles: Prostate Cancer Questions Answered.
Other Us TOO news articles: Prostate Cancer News You Can Use
Other ZERO news articles: Prostate Cancer in the News
PSA-Rising.com: PSA Rising
Read or print the January Us TOO HotSheet (with permission from Us TOO; for archived versions of the HotSheet please visit Us TOO)
