Saturday, November 7th, 2009
The statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have put deaths from prostate cancer at approximately 30,000 deaths yearly, making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. The leading cause of cancer deaths among men is lung cancer. Prostate cancer is generally acknowledged to [...]
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
A new study conducted by German researchers appears to challenge the findings of at least two previous studies conducted in the US, as it found no link between prostate cancer and a virus that had been previously reported as found in some tumors.
Researchers from the University of Utah had reported some months ago that they [...]
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Many medical professionals who treat prostate cancer patients – primarily oncologists and radiologists – have long been puzzled by a single question. Why do some men who demonstrate elevated PSA levels who are regularly and carefully monitored, and demonstrate repeated negative results at biopsy still go on to develop aggressive and difficult to treat prostate [...]
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