http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A natural, nontoxic product called genistein-combined polysaccharide, or GCP, which is commercially available in health stores, could help lengthen the life expectancy of certain prostate cancer patients, UC Davis researchers have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-mushroom-supplemented-soybean-therapeutic-advanced-prostate.html Cancer Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:23:28 EST news280588913 (Medical Xpress)—The work of a team of Wake Forest researchers developing a novel drug for prostate cancer treatment is featured on the cover of the Nov. 26 issue of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-treatment-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:42:07 EST news273397310 (Medical Xpress)—In about half of all prostate tumours, there are two genetic areas that are fused with one another. When this is not the case, the exact way cancer cells originate in prostate tumours was not clear until now. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, in cooperation with a team of international researchers, were able to show that the genesis of this fusion-negative prostate cancer has epigenetic causes: methyl groups are distributed differently over the DNA in the cancer cells than in healthy cells. Thanks to this knowledge, physicians may be able to achieve greater specificity in treating prostate tumours in future. In addition, the aberrant DNA methylations can be used as a potential biomarker for identifying prostate cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-epigenetic-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:10:15 EST news266051403 (HealthDay) -- Got hair? If you don't, you might have a higher risk of prostate cancer, a preliminary study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-bald-men-higher-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 22 May 2012 13:30:01 EST news256911309 Researchers at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada have identified a possible cause for the loss of a tumour suppressor gene (known as PTEN) that can lead to the development of more aggressive forms of prostate cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gene-destruction-linked-aggressive-prostate.html Cancer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:54:35 EST news246801257 Non-invasive imaging detects prostate cancer earlier than ever before, but can't accurately distinguish between malignant and benign disease. According to Lawson Health Research Institute's Drs. John Lewis and Len Luyt, a new molecular imaging probe could be the answer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-imaging-agent-appetite-dangerous-prostate.html Cancer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:11:01 EST news242568644 The prostate-specific antigen test, commonly known as the PSA test, is valuable in predicting which men should have biopsies and which are likely to be diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The findings were released today during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association in Rancho Mirage, Calif. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-psa-valuable-biopsy-low-risk-prostate.html Cancer Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:25:28 EST news238436717 (Medical Xpress) -- A team of nutrition researchers and urologic surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Siteman Cancer Center is conducting two studies to investigate a potential link between cancer and excess protein in the diet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-diet-role-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:00:01 EST news237101212 The invasion of a new species into an established ecosystem can be directly compared to the steps involved in cancer metastasis. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling uses the Tilman model of competition between invasive species to study the metastasis of prostate cells into bone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-cancer-ecological-principles.html Cancer Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:55:13 EST news236832784 Genetic differences in prostate cells seem to be a root cause of the prostate cancer disparities between African-American men and white men, according to findings presented at the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held here Sept. 18-21, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-genetic-differences-higher-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:34:45 EST news235737261 Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables that helps them prevent cancer, has been shown for the first time to selectively target and kill cancer cells while leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-safety-cancer-targeting-ability-nutrient-broccoli.html Cancer Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:58:13 EST news226839451 A new, promising marker for diagnosing prostate cancer has been discovered by Swedish researchers with the aid of a unique method developed at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology. The study, being published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, can lead to more reliable diagnoses and fewer unnecessary operations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-marker-reliable-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 09 May 2011 15:00:38 EST news224161418