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A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers has found a strong association between the common sexually transmitted infection, Trichomonas vaginalis, and risk of advanced and lethal prostate cancer in men.
The metabolic syndrome has been suggested as a unifying link between a 'western' lifestyle and an increased prostate cancer risk. We assessed the associations of components of the metabolic syndrome with prostate cancer in a prospective cohort based on 29,364 Norwegian men followed up for prostate cancer incidence and mortality from 1995-1997 to the end of 2005 in the second Nord Trondelag Health Study (HUNT 2), scientists in Bristol, the United Kingdom report.
A new study, 'Prostate cancer: a newly discovered route for testosterone to reach the prostate: Treatment by super-selective intraprostatic androgen deprivation,' is now available.
A new type of stem cell discovered in the prostate of adult mice can be a source of prostate cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
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The introduction of prostate-antigen screening, or PSA, has resulted in over 1 million additional men over the last 23 years being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer-most of whom were likely overdiagnosed, researchers reported in a new study published online August 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Scientists in the United States, working with mice, have found a new type of stem cell in the prostate gland and shown that mutations in it can cause cancer, a study released Wednesday says. The discovery boosts evidence that cancers can be caused by modifications in stem cells, the dynamic precursor cells that develop into and replenish the body's specific tissues, it says.
Prostate cancer remains one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States. In fact, one in six men will develop prostate cancer. It is also the second-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. But a recent survey suggests that many men at risk for the cancer still aren't aware of all available treatment options.
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GENova Biotherapeutics, Inc., is pleased to announce that it has filed a patent for a novel peptide that disrupts the advance of prostate cancer and thus has blockbuster potential as a new anti-cancer drug.
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A retrovirus known to cause leukemia and cancerous tumors in animals has for the first time been found in malignant prostate cells -- raising the intriguing question of its role in prostate cancer.
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Italian researchers suggest using positron emission tomography and computer tomography with choline to detect recurring prostate cancer earlier. The study, published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, suggests the scans are quicker than conventional imaging in detecting recurring prostate cancer in those who have had the prostate and surrounding tissue removed.
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