Oncology & Cancer
A new way to personalize treatments for prostate cancer
Rutgers researchers have discovered human gene markers that work together to cause metastatic prostate cancer—cancer that spreads beyond the prostate.
Oct 19, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers gain new insight on metastatic prostate cancer
An international research team has discovered a principle that explains the metastasising of prostate cancer. When cancer evolves within the prostate, multiple spatially intermixed cancer cell clones are created that may ...
Oct 8, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows notable outcomes with cryoablation and prostate cancer
A less-invasive treatment technique called hemi-gland cryoablation (HGCryo)—destroying the areas of the prostate where cancers are located by freezing them—provides a high rate of effective prostate cancer control, according ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Guidance issued for genetic testing in prostate cancer
(HealthDay)—As a result of the Philadelphia Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference, hosted by Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center-Jefferson Health and the Department of Urology at Jefferson, recommendations have been developed for ...
Aug 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer metastasis linked to revival of dormant molecular program
When prostate cancer progresses to a more-dangerous metastatic state, it does so by resurrecting dormant molecular mechanisms that had guided the fetal development of the prostate gland but had been subsequently switched ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists find a switch which may make prostate cancer spread
Scientists from the University of Leuven in Belgium have found a switch associated with prostate cancers spreading or forming metastases (secondary tumors). The researchers caution that this work is still at an early stage, ...
Jul 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Genomic alterations distinct for black men with prostate cancer
(HealthDay)—African-American (AFR) men with prostate cancer have distinct genomic alterations from European-American (EUR) men, according to a study published online July 10 in Clinical Cancer Research.
Jul 14, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New theranostic agents show efficacy in prostate cancer treatment in preclinical studies
Researchers have developed a new pair of agents that show exceptional effectiveness for precision diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer in preclinical studies. The agents, which target prostate-specific membrane antigen ...
Jul 13, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New recommendations on genetic testing for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of death from cancer in the US and especially in the Philadelphia region. Consistently, Philadelphia has outpaced the state of PA and the nation in diagnoses and death from prostate cancer. ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
New clues about why some metastatic prostate cancers don't respond to enzalutamide
Over the last decade, enzalutamide and similar drugs have led to significant tumor control and increased survival time for men who have metastatic prostate cancer that continues to grow despite treatments to reduce male hormone ...
Apr 27, 2020
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