StartACure – Now is the Time to Step Up and Start A Cure for Prostate Cancer

Today’s post will be a little admonishment of you, my loyal readers. So, please be open-minded and think about what I have to say to you. A number of months ago I mentioned the new prostate cancer research-funding project we have embarked upon, Start A Cure (www.StartACure.com). For those of you who might have missed [...]

An Email & A Response About Prostate Cancer & Family History

I received an email from a lady from Australia that I though would be informative to share. It discusses genetic links and risk factors for hormonally related (including prostate) cancers: HER EMAIL TO ME Hi there :) I hope you don't mind me emailing you? I'm a lady from Australia and have 3 uncles with [...]

Laptop Computer Exposure Associated With Non-Thermal Effect on Sperm Quality & Maybe Prostate Cancer

Are you the kind of guy that uses his laptop computer in your lap? Many of us do this when we are in our car or even seated on our couch while we watch TV. If we don’t most of our children and granchildren do. According to research presented at the American Society for Reproductive [...]

Genetic Predictors Of Fatigue For Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy

The University of South Florida along with Moffitt Cancer Center has published a study in the October issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity which found that men with advanced prostate cancer who are on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) are more likely to suffer from general fatigue if they also have single nucleotide polymorphisms in three [...]

A New Genetic Technique Predicts Prostate Cancer Relapse

According to a study published online May 9 in The American Journal of Pathology copy number variations (CNV) in both malignant and benign prostate tissue is predictive of prostate cancer relapse. The research performed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine by Yan P. Yu, M.D. and colleagues evaluated whether CNV of the genomes [...]

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