A new study by National Institutes of Health researchers has shown that human skin is home to a much wider array of bacteria than previously thought
The study has also shown that at least among healthy people, the greatest influence on bacterial diversity appears to be body location. For example, the bacteria under one person’s arms […]

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The majority of men who receive one of the standard treatments for localized prostate cancer - surgery or radiation therapy - have an excellent outcome.
But for the small group whose prostate cancer returns, a new study - a collaboration between researchers at the Josephine Ford Cancer Center at Henry Ford Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer […]

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Very often radiation therapy have been shown to offer patients a nonoperative option for definitive treatment of localized prostate cancer as well as options for adjuvant or salvage therapy in high-risk prostate cancer patients.
Because of its efficacy within the prostate and among local periprostatic structures, radiation therapy - with or without adjuvant hormonal therapy - […]

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Recent studies have demonstrated a survival benefit for chemotherapy in metastatic hormone-resistant prostate cancer. In other malignancies such as breast or colorectal cancer, use of active chemotherapy regimens earlier in the course of the disease has resulted in improvements in disease-free and overall survival.
This review discusses the status of chemotherapy in prostate cancer and addresses […]

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Researchers from Turku came to this conclusion after interviewing more than three thousand men-all pairs of male twins and their older or younger brothers-about the first time they had sex.
Most of the persons surveyed revealed that they had suffered from erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation at their first sexual encounter.
The research confirms the belief that […]

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A new blood test used in combination with a conventional prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening sharply increases the accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis, and could eliminate tens of thousands of unneeded, painful, and costly prostate biopsies annually, according to a study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
At the annual meeting of the American Society of […]

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Paras Singh and Francis Martin, from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Lancaster University, along with their co-workers, conducted a retrospective analysis of the institution’s pathology database, investigating the occurrence of prostate cancer in patients initially diagnosed with HGPIN (high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia ).
There has been speculation that an initial diagnosis of HGPIN may […]

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A recent research published in the open access journal BMC Urology has shown that 41.8% of patients whose extended core biopsy led to an initial diagnosis of HGPIN were subsequently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The researchers conclude, “HGPIN carries a high predictive value for future diagnosis of prostate cancer. Based on our results, we recommend delaying […]

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Researchers at the Duke Prostate Center believe that insulin and insulin-like growth factor contribute to the growth and proliferation of prostate cancer. Following the conclusion of a recent study, they think that a diet devoid of carbohydrates lowers serum insulin levels in the bodies of the mice, thereby slowing tumour growth.
Stephen Freedland, M.D., a urologist […]

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A new study finds.that younger men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer don’t live as long as older men facing the same diagnosis.
The finding comes from an analysis of outcomes of 318,774 men listed in a national database of prostate cancer whose diagnosis was made between 1988 and 2003. That analysis also showed that over time, […]

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