Prostate Cancer News: Screening, Diagnosis and Prognosis

10/19/2009 PSA 'Nanotest' May Spot Prostate Cancer's Return After Surgery
Screening could boost accuracy but is still years away from approval, experts say

9/29/2009 Men Often Not Told of Prostate Cancer Risks: Study
Doctors do not involve patients enough in discussions about screening

9/15/2009 Watchful Waiting Works for Older Men With Prostate Cancer
But experts stress the same does not hold true for patients under 60

9/3/2009 PSA Test Remains a Viable Tool – For Now
A statement from the PCF in response to recent studies regarding PSA tests

6/18/2009 New Prostate Cancer Biomarker Discovered
Finding also might apply in other types of cancer, researcher says

5/31/2009 Gene Test Helps Detect Prostate Cancer
New screen boosts accuracy of standard PSA test, study shows

5/29/2009 Low Oxygen Level Prostate Tumors Often Recurrent
Finding suggests new hypoxic strategies should be investigated

5/19/2009 Chemical Test Offers Quick Prostate Cancer Check
Technique is at least a few years away from use however

5/9/2009 Biomarkers May Predict Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer
Cancer expert is wary of finding, however

2/24/2009 PSA Tests Not Race-Specific, Study Finds
Contrary to common belief, same threshold works well for black and white men, researchers say

2/11/2009 Urine Test May One Day Predict Prostate Cancer
Lab results identify component linked to aggressiveness of disease

2/11/2009 Levels of Circulating Tumor Cells Could Predict Prostate Cancer Outcome
New method of tracking changes proves better predictor than PSA, study says

1/1/2009 Annual Screening Catches Prostate Cancer Early
Longer follow-up is needed to determine the extent to which screening actually reduces deaths due to prostate cancer

12/8/2008 Single Men Less Likely to Get Prostate Screens
This held true even for men with a family history of the disease, researchers say

11/25/2008 U.S. Cancer Rate-Death Rate Combo Drops for 1st Time
But smoking-related cancers continue to rise in some regions of country, report finds

11/17/2008 Gene Screen Might Predict Prostate Cancer
Such a test would be especially useful for blacks, other high-risk groups

11/17/2008 Aspirin May Mask Prostate Cancer, Study Hints
More research is needed to determine if its use is affecting prostate cancer risk or simply the ability to detect prostate cancer

11/17/2008 Discovery Offers Way of Tracking Cancer in Blood
By using exosomes, doctors might be able to get specific information about a cancer from a simple blood test

10/10/2008 New MEMS Device for Cancer Diagnosis
Next phase of research seeks to validate prostate cancer applications for CTC analysis similar to those already shown for lung cancer

10/5/2008 Obesity, Insulin Level Impact Prostate Cancer Survival
Heavy men with high output of the hormone had quadruple the death risk, study found

10/3/2008 Diabetes Not Linked with Prostate Cancer Death
Study finds that increased body weight, but not diabetes, is associated with greater prostate cancer mortality