Posted on October 2, 2013 by Sitemaster
Many patients have an intense interest in the possible benefits associated with the use of pomegranate extract and pomegranate juice on prevention and management of prostate cancer, and there is limited data on this topic from well-designed studies to date. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: extract, oxidative stress, pomegranate, POMx | 1 Comment »
Posted on February 27, 2009 by Sitemaster
In news from sources other than the Genitourinary Cancer Symposium today, we have six reports on:
- Oxidative stress and the development of prostate cancer
- A review of PSA kinetics in the diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of prstate cancer
- Focal therapy in general and focal cryoablation specifically
- The relevance of elevated chondroitin sulphate levels and androgen receptor levels to prostate cancer progression … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: androgen receptor, chondroitin sulphate, cryoablation, focal therapy, oxidative stress, PSA kinetics | Leave a comment »
Posted on January 16, 2009 by Sitemaster
In addition to the comments below about review articles on conservative therapy for low-risk, localized disease and eligibility of patients for focal therapy, there are some much more technical reports today on:
- Appropriate use of differing types of biopsy to predict potential for nerve-sparing surgery
- The hypothesis that oxidative stress may be related to risk for prostate cancer
- The role of neuroendocrine cell differentiation in development of prostate cancer … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Prevention, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: biopsy, neroendocrine cell differentiation, nerve-sparing, oxidative stress | Leave a comment »