Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer: The basics every man needs to know
No man wants to hear that he has prostate cancer, but if he is diagnosed he will need to learn about the disease and how it is treated.
Jun 5, 2023
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Prostate Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
AI-driven biomarker predicts optimum length of treatment for prostate cancer
A biomarker developed with digitalized pathology and artificial intelligence demonstrated it was able to identify which men treated with radiation for high-risk localized prostate cancer could be spared long-term hormone ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Medications
Black men with metastatic prostate cancer may benefit from drug combination
A drug combination that shows little overall survival benefit in white men with advanced prostate cancer has a far greater effect in Black men with the disease, according to interim results from a study led by the Duke Cancer ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Personalizing prostate cancer screening may improve the accuracy of detection
The accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer can be improved by accounting for genetic factors that cause changes in PSA levels that are not associated with cancer, according to a multi-center ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Eliminating gene SRC-3 in immune cells triggers effective long-lasting anti-cancer response
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a crucial regulator of the anti-cancer immune response that could change the game in the fight against cancer. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
May 29, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New study indicates treatment patterns, not genetics, drive prostate cancer disparities
Why do men of African ancestry die from prostate cancer more frequently than other men and experience the greatest burden of advanced prostate disease globally?
May 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer 'test by request' policies drive overdiagnosis and inequity with minimal benefit, argue experts
Most high income countries, including the U.K., do not have a national prostate cancer screening program, but instead allow men without symptoms to get a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test if they wish, after talking to ...
May 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Weight gain in late teens and 20s associated with higher risk of fatal prostate cancer
Weight gain in a man's late teens and 20s increases his risk of dying from prostate cancer later in life, research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland (May 17-20), suggests.
May 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
1996 to 2020 saw cancer death rates drop across congressional districts
From 1996-2003 to 2012-2020, there was a decrease in cancer death rates in all congressional districts, according to a study published online May 9 in Cancer.
May 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
1999 to 2018 saw increase in cancer survivors with functional limitation, finds research
From 1999 to 2018, there was a more than twofold increase in the number of cancer survivors reporting functional limitations, according to a research letter published online May 11 in JAMA Oncology.
May 12, 2023
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