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Prostate Cancer International, Inc. is pleased to announce the development of yet another regional web site providing core information about prostate cancer for every country in Central and South America: El Cáncer de Próstata Latinoamérica.
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In addition to publication of the cryotherapy best practice guidance, other news today includes: Information about selenium levels in blood and prostate tissues An hypothesis about sex steroid-induced inflammatory events as a trigger for prostate cancer development The role of free PSA in diagnosis of prostate cancer in men with a total PSA ≤ 2.5 [...]
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A total of 91 readers took our first poll (and yes, we had hoped for a few more). The results were
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According to an article from HealthDay, published in today’s Washington Post, “Doctors are missing their cues when it comes to opportunities to empathize with the plight of their cancer patients, a new study suggests.”
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The current report covers news from last Thursday through this morning. (Your editor needed a couple of personal days for some quality time!) The FTC has again sought to stop certain companies from making false advertising claims about cancer cures. A new center is to focus on access to prostate cancer screening and partricipation in [...]
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Effective this morning, Prostate Cancer International is pleased to announce the completion of Phase I of the development of a new web site designed to provide basic, customized information for people in every single Caribbean island nation. For additional information, please visit the Prostate Cancer Caribbean web site
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Today’s prostate cancer update includes information on: The lack of any specific connection between prostate cancer risk and a history of sexually transmitted infection A review of current issues in the management of “high risk” prostate cancer patients The effect the Medicare Modernization Action on the use of orchiectomy as compared to LHRH agonist therapy [...]
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A newly published study reports that, in patients who have been or are being treated for prostate cancer, ”Nurses should be more alert to the possibility of additional treatment-related symptoms when fatigue or emotional distress is present.” Clearly, such a finding is also something patients and their family members or caregivers should be conscious of as well.
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A study just published by Sæther et al. appears to suggest that the clinical finding of a positive surgical margin (PSM) is not an important independent predictor for risk of progression when compared to other data available at the time of surgery.
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The ability to provide engaging and easily understood information about prostate cancer screening for low literacy popuations is a continuing challenge. Volk et al. have developed and evaluated an “entertainment-based” patient decision aid for prostate cancer screening, comparing its effectiveness among patients with low and high health literacy.
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Based on a recent British study, media reports are suggesting that, “Taller men are at greater risk for prostate cancer and more likely to have cancer that progresses quickly.” However, The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink suspects that height itself is not the issue. Rather, height may serve as a marker for something biological associated with [...]
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A recent report by Rapiti et al. from the Geneva Cancer Registry documents a significant increase in risk for colon but not rectum cancer after earlier external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for prostate cancer. While it is well known that radiotherapy can induce second cancers, there has been some controversy over the risk for second malignancies after irradiation for prostate cancer.
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van den Bergh et al. have conducted a careful investigation of the potential problem caused by the use of different predictive tools for risk of a positive result of prostate biopsy. It is very clear that different nomograms and similar tools can produce divergent outcomes in the same man.
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Over the past 20 years, despite the fact that we have failed to develop any form of effective vaccine or other preventive form of treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), we have become pretty good at managing this disease with a variety of highly selective antiretroviral drugs. What this means is that men who, at [...]
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