A newly published study in Clinical Cancer Research has implied the potential development of a completely new and much more accurate way to be able to identify risk for metastatic prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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According to a report on the Reuters web site this morning, an Indian company called Strand Life Sciences that is based in Bengaluru (Bangalore) has just launched (in India) a simple blood test that may be usable to diagnose a whole spectrum of different types of cancer. … READ MORE …
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As some of our older readers will remember, there was a major Phase III clinical trial several years ago (the SELECT trial) designed to study whether taking regular selenium supplements could help to lower risk for a diagnosis of prostate cancer. It didn’t. … READ MORE …
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New data published in the journal Applied Materials and Interfaces (along with media information that should be read with some caution) suggests the possibility of a new way to test for risk of prostate cancer based on the adhesion of citrate-capped gold nanoparticles to biomolecules in truly tiny blood samples. … READ MORE …
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Perhaps the most fascinating paper to be presented this year at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium has to do with blood typing and risk for lethal prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A recent Japanese paper has suggested that a low white blood cell (neutrophil) count may be an independent predictor of risk for a positive biopsy and a diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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According to an Associated Press story that came out this morning, Johnson & Johnson and “Boston scientists” are working together on “A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones.” … READ MORE …
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Our third report today covers such topics as:
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A Reuters report issued today quotes US-based researchers as saying that men with elevated levels of calcium in their blood may have a much higher risk of getting fatal prostate cancer than the average man with a diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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