A team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) is investigating the compounds extracted from marine micro algae with “properties promising” for treating prostate cancer, the most common among men. …read the rest of this entry»

The survival in patients with localized prostate cancer after diagnosis decided that under medical supervision and close monitoring of the disease, delay treatment has increased over the 1970s and 1980s, according to a study by the Institute of Cancer and the Robert Wood …read the rest of this entry»

Researchers at Northwestern University in Evanston (United States) have developed a test that can detect recurrence of prostate cancer with a sensitivity 300 times greater than now. The development, whose characteristics are published in the online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’ (PNAS), …read the rest of this entry»

Two UK hospitals have implemented a pioneering treatment for prostate cancer with ultrasound, avoiding surgical intervention.

Patients receiving general anesthesia and are subjected to high intensity ultrasound, which generate temperatures of between 80 and 90 degrees inches and kill cancer cells with precision. …read the rest of this entry»

Dehydrated tomatoes may help prevent prostate cancer, said an investigation. published in Cancer Research, the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

The key, apparently, is in how the fruit was dissected for dehydrating, which dramatically increases their nutritional value, says the study. …read the rest of this entry»

The American Cancer Society estimates that about 780,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually worldwide and about 250,000 die annually. The agency considers to prostate tumors the sixth leading cause of cancer death in men worldwide. …read the rest of this entry»

British scientists have discovered seven variations of the genetic code linked to prostate cancer, opening the door to new treatments and better diagnostic capabilities.

The study, conducted by the Institute of Cancer Research Sutton (England), has identified genetic markers that may be present in more than half of men suffering from this type of cancer. …read the rest of this entry»

A virus called XMRV which was first found in prostate cancer cells could be the cause of the disease.

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, conducted by researchers at the University of Utah and U.S. Columbia, first found a virus in prostate cancer cells. This is the virus called XMRV, the second deadliest in Spain among men, so far known to cause leukemia and sarcomas in animals. …read the rest of this entry»

Yes, it can be detected in urine for a molecule that occurs in the body and which in turn influences other molecules, called sarcosine which shows the prostate cancer in the body. This is something that has attracted much attention from doctors, because it would be a new way …read the rest of this entry»

The prostate cancer one of the most horrific causes of male mortality with respect to cancer has been studied for years for medical and scientific community.

The process of diagnosis has also been studied, this time by scientists …read the rest of this entry»