Prostate Cancer News: Screening, Diagnosis and Prognosis
7/15/2008 Imaging Advance Tracks Prostate Cancer in Lymph Nodes
Engineered "payload" based on common cold virus could aid doctors in treatment decisions
7/11/2008 High CRP Predicts Poor Outcome in Prostate Cancer
CRP is a protein linked to inflammation
6/26/2008 Obesity May Interfere with Prostate Cancer Screen
Findings suggest hat because obese men's PSA levels tend to be relatively low in general, some cancers may be missed or not detected promptly
6/13/2008 Researchers ID Traits of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Findings could lead to diagnostic urine test for 10% of men with the disease
5/15/2008 Rapid Prostate Cancer Test Does Not Ease Anxiety
But rapid PSA test results were preferred
5/9/2008 Prostate Cancer Deaths Fall After Screening Program
Routine PSA screening remains controversial, however, and questions such as which men stand to benefit most from screening are still unresolved
5/2/08 Biomarker Spots Which Lesions Likely to Progress to Prostate Cancer
Finding could help men with precancerous lesions avoid unnecessary needle biopsies
3/5/08 Blood Test Indicates Spread of Prostate Cancer
A substance called endoglin in the blood may indicate spread to the lymph nodes
2/15/08 Test Can Predict Aggressive Prostate Cancer
A single PSA test taken at or before age 50 is a very strong predictor of advanced prostate cancer diagnosed up to 25 years later
2/8/08 Urine-Based Test for Prostate Cancer Promising
Test screens for the presence of four different proteins
11/20/07 PSA Levels Lower in Obese Men
Prostate cancer screening may be adversely affected by increased body mass index
8/30/2007 Study Adds to Debate Over Prostate Cancer Testing
More frequent screening did not cut number of cases of aggressive tumors
8/15/2007 Prostate Cancer Pamphlets May Encourage Screening
Materials made men more inclined to take a PSA test but not a DRE
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