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Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Cancer occurs when cells of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other parts of the body, especially the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, erectile dysfunction and other symptoms. Rates of prostate cancer vary widely across the world. It is least common in S ...
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- Advancements in Treating Urological Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
- Agricultural Pesticide Use May Be Associated with Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
Prostate Cancer News Headlines
- Test can better identify prostate cancer
MSNBC - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:55 EST
- Prostate Cancer: Radiation Not Best
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:49 EST
- External Radiation for Prostate Cancer May Have Lower Survival Rate
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- "False-Positive" Prostate Cancer Screenings Assessed
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Some prostate cancer treatments better than others
Reuters - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:27 EST
- Reactions To 'False-positive' Prostate Cancer Screenings Assessed
ScienceDaily - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Inhibitory Effect Of Snake Venom Toxin From On Hormone-Refractory Human Prostate Cancer Cell Growth
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- High-Dose Calcitriol Plus Docetaxel Compared With Placebo Plus Docetaxel In Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Therapy May Increase Risk Of Death From Heart Disease In Older Men
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Toremifene claimed to be useful in prostate cancer
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:41 EST
- False-positive prostate tests cause worry
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:11 EST
- Prostate Cancer Overtreated?
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:16 EST
- Prostate Cancer Overtreated?
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Taxotere® (docetaxel) Significantly Improves The Survival Of Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Green Tea And COX-2 Inhibitors Combine To Slow Growth Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Body Mass Index, Weight Change, And Risk Of Prostate Cancer In The Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Weekly Docetaxel And Prednisolone Versus Prednisolone Alone In Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Phase II Study
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Green Tea And COX-2 Inhibitors Combine To Slow Growth Of Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Second Prostate Biopsy? Researcher Finds Way To Identify Which Men Need One
ScienceDaily - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- New Study Shows Cough Medicine Effective Against Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Breast, Prostate Cancer Resources Now Available In Spanish
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
- Green Tea And COX-2 Inhibitors Combine To Slow Growth Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Phase 2 Results Of Genasense(R) Plus Chemotherapy In Advanced Prostate Cancer Reported At Cancer Conference
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Therapy May Increase Risk Of Death From Heart Disease In Older Men
ScienceDaily - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Long Term Results Confirm The Survival Benefit Of Taxotere®-based Treatment In Patients With Metastatic Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Men with prostate cancer optimistic
The Earth Times - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:24 EST
- Side-Effects Of Treatment For Localized Prostate Cancer: Are They Valued Differently By Patients And Healthy Controls?
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Preclinical Efficacy Data On Medivation's MDV3100 To Be Presented At ASCO-sponsored Prostate Cancer Symposium
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- VA Researcher Finds Way To Identify Which Men Need A Second Biopsy
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Satraplatin Data Presentation At The American Society Of Clinical Oncology Prostate Cancer Symposium
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Overtreated?
MedicineNet - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- New Class Of Targeted Cancer Drugs Shows Promise In Slowing The Progression Of Recurrent Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Androgen Receptor Decoy Molecules Block The Growth Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Men With Prostate Cancer More Optimistic After Several Years Of Treatment Than At Diagnosis, Reveals Global Survey
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
- A Healthy Colon: Tips To Lower Risk Of Colorectal Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- The Utility Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Spectroscopy For Predicting Insignificant Prostate Cancer: An Initial Analysis
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Class Of Targeted Cancer Drugs Shows Promise In Slowing Progression Of Recurrent Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Baptist And UroCenter To Participate In Prostate Cancer Clinical Study
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Gene Elevating Breast Cancer Risk Also Causes Prostate Cancer
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Selenium may cut prostate cancer risk in some men
Reuters - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:24 EST
- Variation In The Definition Of Biochemical Recurrence In Patients Treated For Localized Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- National Prostate Cancer Coalition Launches Clinical Trial Education Program
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Cell Genesys And Medarex Announce Encouraging Follow-Up Results From A Phase 1 Combination Therapy Trial For Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Cancer Treatment Targets Tumor Blood Supply In Patients
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Relevance Of Prostate-Specific Antigen Nanotest Compared To The Classical PSA Test In Organized Mass Screening Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Dendreon Announces FDA's Cellular, Tissue And Gene Therapies Advisory Committee To Review Provenge(R) For The Treatment Of Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion Of NDA Filing For Satraplatin For Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Swedish Cancer Institute First In The World To Offer GPS For The Body(R) To Assist With Precision-Guided Prostate Cancer Treatments
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Colorectal screening effective, underused
The Earth Times - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:51 EST
- Survival Associated With Treatment Vs. Observation Of Localized Prostate Cancer In Elderly Men
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- The Prognostic Role Of A Gene Signature From Tumorigenic Breast-Cancer Cells
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Device aids older men with leaky bladder
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:34 EST
- Radiation information available in Spanish
The Earth Times - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:19 EST
- Lung Cancer Alliance Commends Research On Non-Smoking Lung Cancer Cases
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Urodynamix Announces Positive Results From NIRS Prostate Study 2
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- International Study Points To New Breast Cancer-Susceptibility Gene
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Lung Cancer Alliance Maintains Strong Support For Early Detection For Lung Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Schizophrenia tied to low prostate cancer risk
Reuters - Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:38 EST
- Risks of aspirin outweigh cancer benefit for most
Reuters - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:06 EST
- Colon Cancer Risk: It's Often All In The Family
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Childhood cancer survivors at risk of 2nd cancer
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:06 EST
- Ciphergen Announces Issuance Of European Patent Covering A Method For Aiding Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer Patients See High Survival Rates With Seed Implants
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Life-Saving Cancer Genetic Testing Vastly Underutilized
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Cancer Research And Prevention Foundation Educates And Celebrates With National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month(TM)
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Breast Cancer Survivors Experience Long-term Heart Disease Risk From Radiotherapy
ScienceDaily - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Radiation for breast cancer ups heart disease risk
Reuters - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:09 EST
- Immunotherapy Does Not Prolong Life When Skin Cancer Spreads
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Risks of aspirin outweigh cancer benefit for most
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:00 EST
- Sunshine Pill For Prostate Cancer In 2009?
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Depression In Moms With Breast Cancer May Exacerbate Related Anxieties In Their Children
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Prevalence Of Prostate Cancer Among Hypogonadal Men With Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels Of 4.0 Ng/mL Or Less
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- Investigating The Measles Virus As A Tool To Kill Multiple Myeloma
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Breast cancer 'hits poor hardest'
BBC - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:15 EST
- Women from poor backgrounds have lower breast cancer survival rate
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:32 EST
- Study Shows No Reduction In Lung Cancer Deaths After CT Screening - Death Rates For Smokers Are Not Improved Despite Early Diagnosis
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Breast Cancer Cells May Be Killed By Common Cold Virus
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Tests May Spot Most Deadly Prostate Cancers
MedicineNet - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Lung Cancer Risk Reduced In Female Textile Workers Exposed To Endotoxin
ScienceDaily - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- International Study Points To New Breast Cancer-susceptibility Gene
ScienceDaily - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Don't Use Aspirin To Prevent Colon Cancer Says Task Force
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- CT scans don't reduce lung-cancer deaths
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:31 EST
- Eat Well, Get Fit, Stop Smoking -- Prevent Cancer
ScienceDaily - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Moms with cancer, depression impact kids
The Earth Times - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:24 EST
- Prostate Cancer Patients See High Survival Rates With Seed Implants
ScienceDaily - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Breast Cancer Research Increasingly Influenced By Drug Industry
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- Creating New Life Forms That May Help Eradicate Cancer Affecting Women
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Panel Nixes Aspirin As Cancer Preventive
ABC News - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:02 EST
- Healthy Choices Make For A Healthy Colon
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Trial Investigating A Promising New Treatment For Head And Neck Cancer Has Begun
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:00 EST
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Aspirin of no use in reducing risk of colon cancer: Panel
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:57 EST
- Lung Cancer CT Scans No Help?
WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:09 EST
- CT scans don't prevent lung cancer deaths
MSNBC - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:10 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
MSNBC - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:16 EST
- International Multi-centre Research Group Finds Genetic Defect Contributing To Cancer Susceptibility
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Home test kits to screen for bowel cancer could save lives
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:36 EST
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