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Obesity significantly increases prostate cancer risk in African-American men,...

First large, prospective study to examine the impact of ‘race effect’ on prostate cancer risk

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Sylvester Researchers Report Prevention of Lethal Prostate Cancer with 4-MU...

In a groundbreaking laboratory study, a research team at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has found that a non-toxic oral agent that is also...

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Trial shows benefit of ‘BRCA-targeting’ drug in prostate cancer

Men with prostate cancer benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib – the first cancer drug to target inherited mutations – according to the results of a major trial presented today.

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Diffusion Tensor MR Tractography Effective as Quantitative Tool, Treatment...

TORONTO —Preliminary results of a study of patients with prostate cancer show that MR tractography may be a reliable quantitative imaging biomarker to assess prostate cancer treatment response to...

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Combined Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Shows Promise for Advanced Prostate...

Immune cell manipulation plus chemotherapy achieves prostate cancer remission in mouse models where chemotherapy alone fails

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Statin drugs can delay prostate cancer progression in patients receiving...

Men who went on cholesterol-lowering statin drugs when they began androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer had a longer time in which their disease was under control than did men who didn’t...

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MRI - prostate cancer screening for the future?

A screening method that combines a traditional PSA test with an MRI detects a significantly greater number of prostate cancer cases and improves diagnostic accuracy. The study was conducted as part of...

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New approach to treatment prolongs lives of men with prostate cancer

Survival rates for men with advanced prostate cancer can be improved significantly by a new approach to treatment, a trial has shown.

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Advanced viral gene therapy eradicates prostate cancer in preclinical...

Novel therapy shows synergism between engineered “cancer terminator virus” and experimental drug to destroy primary and metastatic prostate cancer

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Urine-based test improves on PSA for detecting prostate cancer

Use of Mi-Prostate Score would reduce unneeded biopsies

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What drives advanced prostate cancer? New study describes genomic landscape

Large international study finds 90% have anomaly that could influence treatment

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International study of advanced prostate cancer genome finds abundance of...

The first major effort to canvas the genomic landscape of advanced prostate cancer has revealed that many patients may carry some type of genetic abnormality that can be targeted with existing or...

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Prostate cancer study focuses on role of protein

The role of a specific protein in the development of prostate cancer is being investigated by scientists at the University of Glasgow.

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Prostate cancer — getting to the bones of the matter

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have received a £50,000 grant to develop a better understanding of how prostate cancer spreads to the bones. The grant is part of a £2million wave of...

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Researchers focus on potential tool for predicting survival, staging prostate...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers with the Indiana University School of Medicine have identified a molecule that promotes metastasis of advanced prostate cancer to the bone, an incurable condition that...

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Component in Green Tea May Help Reduce Prostate Cancer in Men at High Risk,...

TAMPA, Fla. – Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men and is predicted to result in an estimated 220,00 cases in the United States in 2015. In recent years, an emphasis has been...

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Large International Study Is Advancing Precision Medicine for Men with...

An international collaboration of researchers is advancing precision medicine for men with advanced prostate cancer.

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Study identifies possible new combination chemotherapy for patients with...

For more than a decade, oncologists using cytotoxic chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have relied on the sequential use of single...

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Western diet may increase risk of death after prostate cancer diagnosis

Boston, MA ─ After a prostate cancer diagnosis, eating a diet higher in red and processed meat, high-fat dairy foods, and refined grains—known as a Western diet—may lead to a significantly higher risk...

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Study identifies possible new combination chemotherapy for patients with...

For more than a decade, oncologists using cytotoxic chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have relied on the sequential use of single...

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