Prostate News Archive
09-Feb-2007
Biomarker measures severity of prostate disease (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Men with severe symptoms of prostate enlargement, so-called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH, have low blood levels of a protein dubbed JM-27, according to a new report. Iris files for FDA prostate test OK (Sharewatch)
The company applied for marketing clearance for its prostate-Specific Antigen test with Nucleic Acid Detection Immuno Assay technology. prostate-Specific Antigen is a protein that is made by the prostate gland in small amounts except when cancer or some other disorder is present. Gene elevating breast cancer risk also causes prostate cancer (PhysOrg)
Cancer is a complex and common disease caused by a combination of both genetic and environmental factors. An inherited predisposition seems to be involved in at least 5 -10 per cent of all cases of breast cancer. The two major familial breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 only explain 20-30 per cent of families with site-specific female breast cancer, which suggests the contribution ...
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