Accurate Diagnosis Of Prostate Cancer With Ultrasound
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among men, but its diagnosis has up to now been inaccurate and unpleasant. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands, in cooperation with AMC Amsterdam, have developed an imaging technology that can accurately identify tumors. The technology is based on ultrasound, and... more
High Dietary Fat, Cholesterol Linked To Increase Risk Of Prostate Cancer
Elevated fat and cholesterol levels found in a typical American-style diet plays an important role in the growth and spread of prostate cancer, say researchers at Thomas Jefferson University’s Kimmel Cancer Center. Their study, the first to show such an association, is published in the December issue of The American Journal of Pathology. It demonstrates... more
Urine Test For Prostate Cancer Hopeful
New research led by UK scientists has shown that a protein in urine could be a reliable marker for prostate cancer risk, and although there is still a lot of work to be done to move it from the laboratory to the clinic, the finding is raising hopes that an easy and reliable clinical test for prostate cancer is now much closer. The study, led by scientists... more
Enlarged Prostate: Examination, Treatments And Symptoms
Understanding enlarged prostate symptoms is important to keep you healthy. When an individual stops growing, the prominent changes that happen in the body will end as well. Then, the aging process starts and, once again, changes happen both internally and externally. For middle-aged men, maintaining the health of the prostate is one important thing... more
Prostate Cancer and Enlarged Prostate – Causes, Symptoms, Prevention and Treatment
We know that starting at age 40, the levels of the by-product prolactin of testosterone of men increases, stimulating the production of the enzyme 5-alpha reductase that causes the conversion of testosterone to gihydro-testosterones DHT triggering prostate enlargement and Prostate cancer. Therefore in order to prevent the symptoms of enlarged prostate... more
Magnolia Kills Prostate Cancer Cells
Magnolol, a substance taken from the root and bark of the magnolia tree, is a potent killer of prostate cancer cells. Magnolol, a substance taken from the root and bark of the magnolia tree, is a potent killer of prostate cancer cells, according to a study in the Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. Because it does not damage healthy cells, magnolol... more
Sound Waves Used to Treat Prostate Cancer
British doctors are testing a new treatment that uses the power of sound to kill prostate cancer. They’re finding high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU, destroys cancer cells without serious side effects. HIFU is an exacting technique aiming sound waves at the prostate tissue, rapidly increasing tissue temperature, which destroys the cancerous... more
Three-minute test for £10 offers new hope on prostate cancer
A three-minute test for prostate cancer is being developed by British scientists. It could produce immediate results and be more accurate than the current test. Detection of the disease in the early stages would allow doctors to start treatment when it is most likely to be effective. The new technique would allow patients to learn their test results... more
Australian Surgeons support prostate cancer blood test
Australian men are being urged not to turn their backs on the blood test used to detect prostate cancer. The peak body for the nation’s urological surgeons says a major US study into the effectiveness of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test was flawed, and it was wrongly undermining public confidence. A question mark has long hovered over... more
Omega-3′s may cut risk of advanced prostate cancer
A diet high in omega-3 fatty acids offers protection against advanced prostate cancer, even in men who carry a particular variant in the COX-2 gene that is known to raise the risk of the disease. “Previous research has shown protection (by omega-3 fatty acids) against prostate cancer, but this is one of the first studies to show protection against... more
