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Cancer Survival Rates Increase
Australians are far more likely to survive cancer in the short-term than they were two decades ago, according to new figures which celebrate the success of improved detection and treatments.
But while there were vast improvements in major cancers like breast and prostate, there was no change in survival for notoriously hard to treat cancers of […]
Radio’s Alan Jones Has Prostate Cancer
SYDNEY’S highest-rating radio personality, Alan Jones, has announced he is suffering prostate cancer and will undergo surgery.
Jones, 67, has held a press conference in the boardroom of Macquarie Radio Network, owner of 2GB, amid speculation he was to retire.
However, Jones said he would be back on air four weeks after surgery.
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“Of course I will be […]
County Supervisor Pedrozo Says He Has Prostate Cancer
Supervisor John Pedrozo has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he announced Wednesday. Pedrozo, who turns 51 today, learned he had early-stage prostate cancer in June.
Pedrozo, who represents District 1, said the cancer hasn’t spread and he expects to recover fully. He has no plans to step down or take a leave of absence from his […]
High Fat Diet May Abet Prostate Cancer Progression
Diets high in saturated fat may increase the risk of prostate cancer progression, researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston report.
In a follow up study of men who had their cancerous prostates removed, researchers found that men who consumed higher amounts of saturated fat — mostly from steaks, burgers, […]
Broccoli May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Says
Men who eat one or more servings of broccoli per week can reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer, a new British study says.
Researchers from the Institute of Food Research found that men who ate 400 g of broccoli per week over a 12-month period had significant changes in the actions of genes related to […]
Could a Blood Transfusion be a Cure for Cancer ?
Could common white blood cells fight some of the most aggressive cancers? Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center plan a human trial to find out.
They will take white blood cells called granulocytes from people whose granulocytes have shown a strong ability to fight cancer and transfuse those cells into cancer patients.
Such transfusions have […]
Scientists Fund Breast Cancer Dangerous form of Prostate Cancer
A faulty gene normally associated with breast cancer is also responsible for a dangerous form of prostate cancer, scientists have found.
Each year around 35,000 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the UK, and around 10,000 men die from the disease.
Scientists found men with the BRCA2 gene typically lived for four years after being […]
Health Nutrition for Cancer Patient : Ornish diet alters genes in prostate cancer patients
Prostate cancer patients who followed an extremely low fat diet and an exercise and stress management regimen turned on cancer preventing genes and turned off genes linked to triggering the disease.
A new study from the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif., found that men who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and had refused […]
Riders Raise Prostate Cancer Funding
Blue skies meant a record number of bikes and pledges at the 8th Annual Prostate Cancer Motorcycle Ride for Dad on Saturday.
A total of $33,444 was raised by 115 bikers, surpassing last year’s $25,000 total by a long shot.
“This is our biggest ride so far. Last year, we had 101 riders,” said Claire Vincent-Viau, special […]