The commonest form of cancer in the United States today is skin cancer but, to many people’s surprise, prostate cancer is the second most frequently seen type of cancer and results in some 30,000 deaths each year.
So just what is prostate cancer?
The human body starts its life as a single cell which divides repeatedly to [...]
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Mutant Gene Linked To Aggressive Cancer Of The Prostate
US researchers have found that men with prostrate cancer have an increased risk of aggressive tumor if they are carriers of a gene mutation which is normally linked to breast cancer in women.
This finding could have major implications in treatment options for prostrate cancer
If a patient [...]
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A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be devastating, but here we take a moment to think about your situation before rushing into any treatment decisions
Nearly all men will run into some form of prostate problem during their middle or later years and, thankfully, in most cases these problems will be relatively minor or, [...]
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Title: Gene Test Helps Detect Prostate Cancer Category: Health News Created: 6/1/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 6/1/2009 Read more…
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Title: More Than 650,000 Cancer Deaths Avoided Category: Health News Created: 5/27/2009 Last Editorial Review: 5/28/2009 Read more…
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In the coming year close to a quarter of a million men in the Unite States alone will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and this article looks at the ten questions which most men are asking about this widespread and often fatal disease.
What are prostate problems?
Prostate problems will affect ninety percent of all [...]
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Prostate cancer is classified as an adenocarcinoma, or glandular cancer, that begins when normal semen-secreting prostate gland cells mutate into cancer cells.
The symptoms or conventional treatment of prostate cancer will not be discussed here, as they are well documented, and a great deal of research has been underway for a long time.
Rather, [...]
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Title: Diet, Fitness Coaches Help Cancer Survivors Category: Health News Created: 5/13/2009 Last Editorial Review: 5/13/2009 Read more…
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Title: Where You Live May Affect Your Cancer Diagnosis Category: Health News Created: 5/12/2009 8:42:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/12/2009 Read more…
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According to a recent survey conducted by the Prostate Cancer Charity organisation, men with prostate cancer are not receiving the same level of care as for other cancers and as the level of care for women although it is not fully understood why.
One of the possible reasons is thought to be a lack of clear [...]
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Prostate cancer can spread throughout the body through different means, but it tends to spread to bones rather than to other organs.
Metastases means cancer spread, and with prostate cancer these can occur when the tumour is small.
To determine whether the cancer has become an advanced metastatic cancer, a bone scan is used.
If it is found [...]
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Despite the fact that many men begin to experience enlarged prostate symptoms as early as their mid-forties, the vast majority of prostate cancers are not diagnosed until after the age of seventy.
It’s a sad fact that most men are into their seventies before prostate cancer is diagnosed, by which time the disease is often well [...]
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One common form of treatment today for localized prostate cancer is radiation therapy which uses high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells. These x-rays can either be delivered using an external radiation beam or by implanting radiation ’seeds’ into the prostate gland.
Treatment options for advanced prostate cancer
External beam radiation therapy treatments are normally given [...]
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The problems of an enlarged prostate will often start in middle age and will be evident in the majority of men by the time they reach retirement.
This article examines the common problem of the enlarged prostate.
Once a man reaches middle age then there is a better than even chance that he will develop an enlarged [...]
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There have been recent reports in several broadsheet newspapers that exercise can help to prevent and even fight prostate cancer. They newspapers claim that together with a low fat diet , prostate cancer can be fought because exercise affects ‘genes that fight the disease’.
This conclusion is unfortunately a bit premature, as the study where this [...]
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