Yesterday, The American Cancer Society (ACS) released their annual cancer statistics for the United States. Specific to prostate cancer, they indicated an increase in projected new prostate cancer diagnosis, but a decrease in prostate cancer deaths. In 2011, the ACS projected 240,890 new cases of prostate cancer; in 2012 they are projecting 241,740 new diagnoses. [...]
Rarely discussed, but very much a potential problem for men with advanced prostate cancer are neurological complications resulting from prostate cancer metastasis. Neurological complications of metastatic prostate cancer require quick treatment to minimize impact on a man, so early recognition is important. Family physicians when faced with a man complaining of low back pain or [...]
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How to best treat men with a prostate cancer PSA only recurrence (biochemical recurrence) still remains controversial. Hormone therapy (ADT) using a combination of a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor and an antiandrogen without conventional gonadal androgen suppression (where testosterone levels are not suppressed) may allow control of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with less morbidity. METHODS: In [...]
From very early on, researchers and doctors have dreamed of using the body’s own immune system to fight cancer. The big question has been why doesn’t the immune system attack the tumor cells that invade healthy tissue? The really good news is that finally science is catching up with this vision. Therapeutic cancer vaccines that [...]