Oncology & Cancer
Obesity affects prostate cancer test results
University of Adelaide research shows that the results of the most widely used test for prostate cancer may be affected by obesity.
Jul 5, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Men with aggressive prostate cancer may get new powerful drug option
Men with non-metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer and a quickly rising PSA level present a medical dilemma. The rising PSA (prostate-specific antigen) means there is cancer activity, but no visible metastasis in ...
Jun 27, 2018
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Overweight & Obesity
Study finds that weight loss after obesity surgery can rapidly restore testosterone production in morbidly obese men
New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Vienna, Austria (23-26) May shows that weight reduction following a sleeve gastrectomy (obesity surgery), which reduces the size of the stomach, ...
May 26, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Fewer men are being screened, diagnosed, and treated for prostate cancer
A new study reveals declines in prostate cancer screening and diagnoses in the United States in recent years, as well as decreases in the use of definitive treatments in men who have been diagnosed. The findings are published ...
May 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds shared decision making still lacking in prostate cancer screening
A new study finds many men receiving prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing do so without a comprehensive shared decision making process, contrary to current guidelines. The American Cancer Society study, appearing in Annals ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
One-off PSA screening for prostate cancer does not save lives
Inviting men with no symptoms to a one-off PSA test for prostate cancer does not save lives according to results from the largest ever prostate cancer trial conducted over 10 years by Cancer Research UK-funded scientists ...
Mar 6, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Current PSA monitoring ignores risk to some prostate cancer survivors
Prostate cancer survivors make up the largest group, 41 percent, of male cancer survivors. In these survivors, early detection of recurrence can lead to life-saving interventions, but in older men who survived low-risk cancer ...
Feb 13, 2018
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Neuroscience
Brain scans may reveal most effective anti-drug messages
What if you could look into the brains of potential drug abusers and see what messages would be most likely to persuade them to "just say no?"
Dec 7, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Use of Prostate Health Index test reduces unnecessary biopsies
The Prostate Health Index (phi) is a cost-effective tool used by urologists to detect prostate cancer. It reduces the risk of over diagnosis, and cuts down on the need to send men for unnecessary and often uncomfortable biopsies. ...
Nov 20, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Not all cancers need treatment right away
The biopsy shows cancer, so you have to act fast, right? Not necessarily, if it's a prostate tumor.
Jul 12, 2017
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