Prostate News Archive
26-Sep-2008
GCHS Students Raise Awareness of Prostate Cancer (Garden City News)
September is prostate Cancer Awareness Month and, on September 19th, students at Garden City High School, only a few of whom are pictured here, participated in the "Wear Blue for the Men You Love" program to help raise awareness about the disease. Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older prostate Cancer Patients Category: Health News Created: 9/24/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/24/2008 bioMérieux To Develop New Highly-Specific, Non-Invasive Test For Prostate Cancer, Reducing Unnecessary Biopsies (Medical News Today)
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the United States and the 4th most common worldwide. The combination of a test for a new prostate cancer biomarker, Annexin 3, with the standard screening methods could potentially reduce the number of biopsies conducted by up to 75%, when compared with current screening methods alone. Who is more likely to get prostate cancer (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Who is at risk of developing prostate cancer? More than 65 percent of all prostate cancers are diagnosed in men over the age of 65. There is a twofold to elevenfold increase in developing prostate cancer when related to a first-degree male relative who also has developed prostate cancer. Whether To Treat Prostate Cancer With Hormones Should Not Hinge On Age Alone (Medical News Today)
Concerns regarding the association of hormone therapy used to treat prostate cancer with cardiovascular disease in some older men may lead doctors to forgo hormone treatment solely on the basis of age.
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