Prostate News Archive
19-Dec-2008
Review Of Prostate Cancer Prevention Study Shows No Benefit For Use Of Selenium And Vitamin E Supplements (Medical News Today)
Initial, independent review of study data from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT), funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health shows that selenium and vitamin E supplements, taken either alone or together, did not prevent prostate cancer. Largest Ever Prostate Cancer Screening Program In USA Shows High Compliance And Consistent Results (Medical News Today)
Just under five per cent of the men who took part in the prostate cancer element of the USA's largest ever cancer screening trial were diagnosed with the disease and the majority of those were picked up by screening programmes, according to research published in the December issue of the urology journal BJU International. Study Looks At Association Between Sexual Orientation, Race/Ethnicity And Prostate, Colon Cancer Screening Rates (Medical News Today)
"Sexual Orientation and Testing for Prostate and Colorectal Cancers Among Men in California," Medical Care: The study, led by Kevin Heslin, an assistant professor at the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, examines prostate and colorectal cancer screening rates based on sexual orientation and race and ethnicity. Combining Radiotherapy With Hormone Treatment Halves Mortality In Men With Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer, UK (Medical News Today)
The prostate Cancer Charity comments on an article to be published in The Lancet which claims that combining radiotherapy with hormone therapy treatment halves mortality in men with locally advance prostate cancer.
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