Prostate News Archive
09-Mar-2007
Pelham mayor to be treated for prostate cancer (The Daily Comet)
Pelham Mayor Bobby Hayes said he will have surgery to treat prostate cancer by the end of this month. Hayes has been mayor since 1984. He said he will need three to four weeks after surgery to recover. Genetic clues explain prostate cancer risk (The Monterey County Herald)
Compared with white men, African American men are 50 percent more likely to develop prostate cancer, and twice as likely to die from it. They also tend to develop it at younger ages. UVa Cancer Team Wins Competitive Award to Find Prostate Cancer Treatment (Newswise)
UVa Cancer Center Director Michael Weber, Ph.D., and his team of researchers have won a $100,000 grant to further their work toward a treatment for prostate cancer. John Martignetti Receives Award from Prostate Cancer Foundation (Newswise)
Dr. Martignetti receives award from Prostate Cancer Foundation for work focusing on therapeutic role of siRNA in metastatic prostate cancer. Drug could slow growth of advanced prostate cancer (USA Today)
A new study suggests that an experimental chemotherapy drug could give some men with advanced prostate cancer a temporary reprieve from the ravages of the disease.
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