Perhaps the last word about the XMRV virus and prostate cancer?

Research originally conducted in 2006 led to a suggestion that the development of prostate cancer in man might be associated with human infection by a gamma-retrovirus known as the xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV). … READ MORE …

Two more nails in the coffin of XMRV

As long ago as December 2008 we first referred to the possibility that the xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) might have some association to risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …

Does XMRV cause prostate cancer? The controversy continues

Regular readers of these columns will be aware that a while ago it was first suggested that a virus known as xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus or XMRV was associated with at least some cases of prostate cancer. Since that original publication, … READ MORE …

XMRV and prostate cancer — a brief update

We have previously reported on studies related to the possibility that the xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related (XMRV) virus is in some way involved with risk for prostate cancer in some patients. … READ MORE …

Prostate cancer news reports: Saturday, April 3, 2010

Today’s news reports deal with such items as:

  • The effects of antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS on the XMRV virus
  • Diet, milk, and prostate cancer etiology
  • Can saturation biopsies really identify low-risk cancers?
  • Prostate weight and prostate cancer recurrence … READ MORE …

What XMRV virus? What association?

In early September we commented that researchers at the University of Utah had identified an association between the presence of the XMRV virus and the occurrence of prostate cancer in about 23 percent of prostate cancer patients. However, a new report from a German research group shows exactly how difficult it is not know how to interpret this sort of “association.” … READ MORE …