Posted on December 3, 2020 by Sitemaster
If you are one of our readers who is really “into” the underlying causes of and development of prostate cancer, then you probably want to see if you can read a newly published article in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. … READ MORE …
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Posted on October 13, 2015 by Sitemaster
According to an hypothesis just published by a group of researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, they have identified “a new epigenetic program occurring as you transition from normal to tumor cells” in the development of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on December 17, 2012 by Sitemaster
According to an article published in Science on Friday last week, activation of an epigenetic regulator known as EZH2 (“enhancer of zeste homolog 2”) may be critical to the onset and progression of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). … READ MORE …
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Posted on January 14, 2011 by Sitemaster
We have commented before on the potential of epigenetics in the development of innovative therapies for the management of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on April 9, 2010 by Sitemaster
If you’ve been hoping that research in the field of epigenetics is going to bring us a cure for prostate cancer in the next few years, dream on! … READ MORE …
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by Sitemaster
Today’s prostate cancer news report summary includes items dealing with:
- The epigenetics of prostate cancer and their potential importance
- Selenium + vitamin E + lycopene (in mice)
- Gleason 7: 4 + 3 versus 3 + 4 — it’s important
- Proton beam radiotherapy — a topical review
- EBRT + low dose, permanent seed brachytherapy … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Prevention, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: brachytherapy, EBRT, epigenetics, Gleason 3 + 4 4 + 3, lycopene, PBRT, proton beam, selenium, vitamin E | 2 Comments »