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Radioactive Gold Nanoparticles Destroy Prostate Tumors, Leaving Healthy Tissue Untouched
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the promises of nanoparticles as delivery agents for cancer therapeutics is that they will attack tumors while sparing healthy tissue from the damage normally associated with today's anticancer therapies. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 21, 2010 |
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Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study
Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Fighting cancer with light
Gloria Correa has tried all the standard weapons in her war against cancer: chemotherapy, radiation, and finally surgery.
Jan 29, 2010 |
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How much exercise is too much of a good thing?
What made Larry Brown's addiction acceptable was that it was, at least on the surface, good for him.
May 21, 2010 |
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MicroRNA suppresses prostate cancer stem cells and metastasis
A small slice of RNA inhibits prostate cancer metastasis by suppressing a surface protein commonly found on prostate cancer stem cells. A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...
Jan 16, 2011 |
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How prostate cancer packs a punch
Some types of prostate tumors are more aggressive and more likely to metastasize than others. Nearly one-third of these aggressive tumors contain a small nest of especially dangerous cells known as neuroendocrine-type cells. ...
Jul 12, 2010 |
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DNA-Coated Nanotubes Help Kill Tumors Without Harm to Surrounding Tissue
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have destroyed prostate cancer tumors in mice by injecting them with specially-coated, miniscule carbon tubes and then superheating the tubes with ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Team finds new target for treatment of advanced prostate cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In its early stages, prostate cancer requires androgens (hormones that promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics) for growth, and current first-line therapies target ...
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Scientists discover mechanism that turns healthy cells into prostate cancer cells
A protein that is crucial for regulating the self-renewal of normal prostate stem cells, needed to repair injured cells or restore normal cells killed by hormone withdrawal therapy for cancer, also aids the transformation ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Study shows further benefits of noscapine for prostate cancer
New research has revealed a major breakthrough in the use of cough medicine ingredient noscapine as a prophylactic treatment for prostate cancer.
Mar 19, 2010 |
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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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A Viral Cause of Prostate Cancer?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a finding with potentially major implications for identifying a viral cause of prostate cancer, researchers at the University of Utah and Columbia University medical schools have reported ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Prostate Cancer Screening Exams Not Necessary for Some Men (w/Video)
The prostate cancer screening tests that have become an annual ritual for many men don't appear to reduce deaths from the disease among those with a limited life-expectancy, according to early results of a major U.S. study ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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New drug agent knocks out multiple enzymes in cancer pathway
A team of 24 researchers from the U.S., Europe, Taiwan and Japan and led by University of Illinois scientists has engineered a new anti-cancer agent that is about 200 times more active in killing tumor cells ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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New medications show promise in treating drug-resistant prostate cancer
A new therapy for metastatic prostate cancer has shown considerable promise in early clinical trials involving patients whose disease has become resistant to current drugs.
Apr 07, 2009 |
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