Unlike most other forms of cancer, the early stages of prostate cancer rarely produce symptoms. As a result, prostate cancer often isn’t detected until it has spread to other organs. If detected early, however, chances of treating and curing prostate cancer are high. For the last two decades, the first line of defense has been […]

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According to population based case-control study, tea drinking habits and oesophageal cancer in a high risk area in Northern Iran:
People are advised to wait a few minutes before drinking a cup of freshly-boiled tea today as a new study, published on bmj.com, finds that drinking very hot tea (70?C or more) can increase the risk […]

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Heterosexual men who undergo medical circumcision can significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two common sexually transmitted infections - herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the cause of genital herpes, and human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cancer and genital warts, according to a report in the March 26 issue of the New England Journal […]

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According to a Henry Ford Hospital study to be published online Wednesday in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy, people who have high blood pressure or heart disease should avoid consuming energy drinks,
Researchers found that healthy adults who drank two cans a day of a popular energy drink experienced an increase in their blood pressure and heart […]

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University of Michigan researchers say a newly identified marker for prostate cancer progression may also offer a new target for treatment,
According to previous research decreased levels of the marker galectin-3 are linked with neoplastic progression in prostate cancer. However, increased levels of galectin-3 are believed to be linked with tumorigenicity in a number of other […]

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According to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research., omega-3 fatty acids appear protective against advanced prostate cancer, and this effect may be modified by a genetic variant in the COX-2 gene
John S. Witte, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco […]

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Although about 60 percent of newly diagnosed cancers occur in people over the age of 65, for a variety of reasons, older cancer patients are rarely included in clinical trials that test new therapies, so relatively little is known about potential responses to treatment under various circumstances.
It’a a fact that research protocols commonly exclude people […]

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According to major prostate cancer groups speaking at the European Association of Urology’s 24th Annual Congress, major improvements in prostate cancer recognition, management and treatment are needed.
The prostate cancer charter for change from 13 influential European and US prostate cancer patient groups, calls for the disease to be treated with the same level of priority […]

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A recent study has reviewed the association of androgen pathway genes and their polymorphic sites, and the risk of prostate cancer in individuals of different ethnic backgrounds.
Researchers state that the most recent data suggest that androgen pathway genes have a role in prostate cancer susceptibility. However, the effects of polymorphisms seem to vary in different […]

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Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have shown for the first time that a tendency to develop some blood disorders may be inherited.
Their research, published online today in Nature Genetics , identifies a common genetic sequence abnormality that enhances the likelihood of acquiring a mutation in a gene linked to certain blood diseases.

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