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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 […]
Tomatoes Could Be Key To Preventing Cancer
New cancer research from the University of Missouri suggests that eating a certain form of tomato product could be the key to unlocking the prostate cancer-fighting potential of the tomato. The positive effect of tomato products has been suggested in many studies, but, until now, researchers did not know exactly what caused this effect.
“It appears […]
New Therapy Shows Promise For Fighting Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells
A gene radiotherapy system that detects and treats cancer cells that are resistant to traditional forms of chemotherapy and radiation showed success in the laboratory and could eventually prove beneficial for cancer patients, according to researchers at SNM’s 55th Annual Meeting. The new system targets oxygen-deficient hypoxic cancer cells that have activated a gene known […]
Free Prostate Cancer Screenings Offered
CoxHealth is offering free prostate cancer screenings from 8-10 a.m. June 25 at the Allenbrand Resource Center, Suite 120 of Hulston Cancer Center, 3850 S. National Ave.
The screenings are for men who are at least 50 years old. Men who are 45 and older and who have a history of prostate cancer and have not […]
New Breast Cancer Center Will Help Women Better Understand
After losing her mother to breast cancer as a child and then battling the disease herself, Khristi Rogers of Mount Pleasant, Miss., considered herself a savvy patient.
Diagnosed in 2002, she studied her treatment options and chose limited surgery combined with radiation and medication, rather than mastectomy.
She researched genetic testing.
She didn’t miss followup appointments.
“I knew I […]
Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention By A Flavonoid Supplemented Diet
Dietary and environmental factors have been postulated to account for differences in prostate cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. Amongst the many dietary components implicated in the apparent chemopreventive effect of the components implicated in the apparent chemopreventive effect of the Asian diet is the group of micronutrients called flavonoids, consumed in high amounts in these […]
Estrogen Linked to Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer
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Researchers pinpointed estrogen as a key player in about half of all prostate cancers. They found that estrogen-linked signaling helps drive a discrete and aggressive form of the disease caused by a chromosomal translocation, which in turn results in the fusion of two genes, TMPRSS2-ERG.
The team analyzed 455 prostate cancer samples that were […]