News tagged with prevent prostate
Avoiding or controlling diabetes may reduce cancer risk and mortality
Results of the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study revealed that diabetes is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer in men but with higher risk of other cancers in both men and women. The data, to be presented at the AACR ...
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Ranks of cancer survivors growing fast, CDC says
(AP) -- The number of cancer survivors in the United States is increasing by hundreds of thousands a year, and now includes roughly one in 20 adults, health officials said Thursday.
Mar 10, 2011 |
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'Longevity' protein SIRT1 may ward off precursor to prostate cancer
Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson and two other institutions have discovered new evidence that suggests the "longevity" protein SIRT1, known for its life-spanning effects in different species, can inhibit ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Memory impairment common in people with a history of cancer
People with a history of cancer have a 40 percent greater likelihood of experiencing memory problems that interfere with daily functioning, compared with those who have not had cancer, according to results of a new, large ...
Oct 02, 2010 |
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Study shows physicians reluctant to use chemoprevention for prostate cancer
Despite the dramatic results of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), which showed a significant reduction in prostate cancer among those taking finasteride, physicians have not increased its use, according to a study ...
Aug 10, 2010 |
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Mass screening for prostate cancer in Europe still not recommended
The European Association of Urology reiterated that it does not recommend a mass screening policy in Europe for men who are concerned over prostate cancer, a stance which reflects the position it issued last year regarding ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Millions missing out on colon cancer screening
(AP) -- Nearly half the people who need potentially lifesaving checks for the nation's No. 2 cancer killer - colorectal cancer - miss them, despite years of public efforts to make colon screening as widespread as tests for ...
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Enhancing arrest of cell growth to treat cancer in mice
A team of researchers, led by Pier Paolo Pandolfi, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, has identified a new type of cellular senescence (i.e., irreversible arrest of cell growth) and determined a way to enhance ...
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Low cholesterol may shrink risk for high-grade prostate cancer
Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer - an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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New study bolsters case for preventive prostate cancer treatment
For the last six years, doctors have faced a dilemma about whether to treat men at risk of prostate cancer with the drug finasteride. On one hand, the drug had been shown to prevent cancer in about one of every four patients ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Carbohydrate restriction may slow prostate tumor growth
Restricting carbohydrates, regardless of weight loss, appears to slow the growth of prostate tumors, according to an animal study being published this week by researchers in the Duke Prostate Center.
May 26, 2009 |
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Study finds folic acid supplements linked to higher risk of prostate cancer
A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than twice the risk of prostate cancer compared with men who took a placebo.
Mar 10, 2009 |
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