Prostate News Archive
23-Dec-2008
The Prostate and Cancer (2 Letters) (New York Times)
To the Editor:. Trial looks at high intensity focused ultrasound for locally recurrent prostate cancer (News-Medical-Net)
A Phase III clinical trial at New York University is investigating the safety and efficacy of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of locally recurrent prostate cancer following failed external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) using the Sonablate(R) 500. Selenium, Vitamin E Do Not Prevent Prostate Cancer, Study Concludes (Science Daily)
Findings from one of the largest cancer chemoprevention trials ever conducted have concluded that selenium and vitamin E taken alone or in combination for an average of five and a half years did not prevent prostate cancer, according to a team of researchers coordinated by the Southwest Oncology Group and led by scientists at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Cleveland ... Drug combination cuts prostate cancer deaths (Baltimore Sun)
Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hormone-blocking drugs cut the death rate in half in a study of Scandinavian men, researchers report. In the United States, the combination has been standard care since the 1990s. But in Europe, many doctors have avoided the combo treatment and used hormone drugs alone, thinking the pair would be too harsh for most patients. Cough medication may treat prostate cancer (UPI)
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- An ingredient used in a common cough suppressant may be useful in treating advanced prostate cancer, U.S. researchers said.
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