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ACS Issues New Prostate Guidelines
The American Cancer Society has issued new prostate guidelines. Dr. Jennifer Ashton discusses the guidelines on the Early Show. Discussions with your doctor should start at age 50 for those with average risk but higher risk groups should start discussion at age 40 to 45. The new guidelines say men with low PSA numbers can go for longer intervals between getting new tests. You can read the ACS's article about early detection of prostate cancer here.
Posted on March 4, 2010
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Study Finds Vegetarians Get Less Cancer
Marie Claire reports that a large study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition of over 50,000 men and women found that vegetarians get far fewer cancers. However, the study found unexpectedly that vegetarians get more colorectal cancer.
However, the study of 52,700 men and women, which was published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, wasn't all good news for vegetarians. It was discovered, too, that vegetarians were more likely to have colorectal cancer.
This was surprising as it seems to contradict previous evidence that eating lots of red meat increases the risk of developing the disease.
The Telegraph is also reporting on the research. They note that fish-eaters also had a lower risk of cancer than meat eaters. There's also been news recently of a study that found that mushrooms may help ward off breast cancer.
Posted on March 21, 2009
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Drug May Offer Hope For Fight Against Prostate Cancer
A BBC article says a new drug could be a major breakthrough in treating aggressive prostate cancer. A pill could possibly be available in 2 to 3 years. The drug works by blocking certain hormones.
Scientists are hailing a new drug to treat aggressive prostate cancer as potentially the most significant advance in the field for 70 years.
Abiraterone could potentially treat up to 80% of patients with a deadly form of the disease resistant to currently available chemotherapy, they say.
The drug works by blocking the hormones which fuel the cancer.
The Institute of Cancer Research hopes a simple pill form will be available in two to three years.
10,000 men a year in the UK alone are diagnosed with the deadly aggressive form of the disease. A small clinical test had many patients reporting a significant improvement in quality of life and some were able to stop taking morphine.
There is also hope the drug called abiraterone will help with other cancers such as breast cancer. More research still needs to be done to determine what the side effects of abiraterone are.
Posted on August 7, 2008
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Study: Pomegranate Juice Lowers Prostate Risk
A new study has found that drinking pomegranate juice may be beneficial to men. The BBC reports on the study which found pomegranate juice slows prostate growth and reduces PSA numbers.
Pomegranates contain a cocktail of chemicals which minimise cell damage, and potentially kill off cancer cells.
The study, by the University of California in Los Angeles, appears in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
Previous research had indicated that pomegranate juice could have a beneficial effect on prostate cancer in tests on mice.
But the latest study has shown that humans can potentially benefit too.
Fighting prostate cancer is just one of the many possible benefits of pomegranates. It has also been linked to other benefits. They contain anti-oxidants and isoflavones. This may be why pomegranates are also a hot shopping trend.
Posted on July 11, 2006
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Virus Might Cause Some Prostate Cancers
CNN reports the scientists have discovered that some prostate cancers may be caused by a virus. Scientists found a virus that is closely related to a cancer-causing mouse virus in some human patients with prostate cancer.
"It is a very exciting discovery," said Dr. Eric Klein of the Cleveland Clinic, who will present the findings Friday at an American Society of Clinical Oncology prostate symposium in San Francisco. "There is now a suggestion that prostate cancer could be caused by an infectious disease."
Infectious disease-causing viruses are already blamed for causing some liver cancers and cervical cancer. That has planted nagging suspicions in the minds of scientists that some diseases may play important roles alongside genetics, environment and chance in causing breast, stomach and several other forms of cancer.
Researchers are not sure how the virus infected people, but suspect it has been passed on genetically for thousands of years.
"This is a class of virus no one would have looked for in prostate cancer," said UCSF researcher Joe DeRisi, who developed the so-called "gene chip" that made the discovery. DeRisi's chip contains 20,000 snippets of vital genetic material from every known virus. It is the same chip that confirmed a previously undiscovered virus in the cold family that caused the SARS outbreak three years ago.
The scientists plan to expand the testing to see if more patients test positive for the virus. They also plan to conduct more studies to determine whether or not that is an actual link between the virus and human prostate cancer.
Posted on February 27, 2006
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