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Do you know, 2007 has already witnessed an estimated 218,890 new cases and 27,050 deaths from prostate cancer and that too, in the United States alone?
Though curing the cancer of the prostate tissues of men is not that easy, experts have discovered...
The effect of pomegranate juice against prostate cancer was studied by Dr. Hasan Mukhtar, a professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Medical School. Mice being the most common organism of pre-clinical trials in any generic...
According to a recent study -- use of an epileptic seizure medical treatment can lower the occurring of hot flashes in case of prostate cancer patients.
Prostate cancer is cancer that grows in prostate gland. The prostate is a small, walnut-sized...
With nearly 10,000 deaths from prostate cancer in the UK alone, it accounts for around 13% of male deaths from the disease there. This second most common cause of cancer death in men -- after lung cancer - can perhaps no longer be lowered by that spicy...
It seems the US government needs to invest more fund for researches into urologic disease processes and for developing targeted treatments to help itself off the immense burden of the diseases expenditure.
Diseases of the bladder, prostate and...
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Urologic Diseases in America, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, benign prostate enlargement, David Geffen School of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of California, National Institutes of Health, Health & Fitness
Scientists have recently discovered a blood protein -- ProstaMark EPCA-2 (Early Prostate Cancer Antigen). It is not just the discovery of the protein that has put this in the headline. But, it is what the protein can help do for men suffering for...
A new prostate cancer test that relies on measuring levels of a blood protein called EPCA-2 accurately found cancer 94 percent of the time, according to a study released yesterday.
Each year about 1.6 million men undergo biopsies because they...
According to a report published by American Cancer Society, blacks are more vulnerable to deadly cancer than whites. Main facts, which peeped out through this report were as under:-
1. Cancer death rate in 2003 was 35 percent higher in black men...
If you are a patient with schizophrenia then you can at least boast of being far away from deadly prostate cancer because in a new study it was found that eruption of prostate cancer was quite rare in patients with schizophrenia.
The following...
Men with breast cancer are more likely to have second cancer among which susceptibility to breast, stomach and skin cancer is comparatively higher. Moreover, the earlier man develops cancer, the higher his risk of clinging to second...
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BRCA1, BRCA2, Pancreatic cancer, Breast cancer, Melanoma, Stomach cancer, Prostate cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Radiation therapy, Health & Fitness
You might have heard that tomato and broccoli may play an effective role in fighting against deadly cancer. May be some of the cancer patients, using these two items in order to bolster their fight against deadly cancer.
Here is a look at the...
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Prostate cancer, Cancer, Prostate tumor, Tumor, Cancer cells, Chemotherapy, Natural therapy, Natural care, Broccoli, Tomato, Lycopene, Finasteride, Anti-cancer drugs, Health & Fitness
As we know that vitamin D helps improving the prognosis of certain cancers. However, the vitamin D obtained from direct sunlight cannot be ample for that. Keeping this factor in mind, drug company Novacea is likely to come out with drug, Asentar (DN-...
In a major breakthrough, researchers of Johns Hopkins University have developed a two-sided molecular weapon that has been found effective in fighting out cancer cells in lab tests. It has raised hope that very soon researchers would be able to fight...
According to the scholars of the American Cancer Society, aggressive prostate cancer may pounce upon the men who are likely to suffer from obesity than those who lose weight.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer (except for skin cancer) in...
News about cancer in the U.S. is both good as well as bad because nation-wide statistics have unveiled a double-faced picture of cancer spread in the U.S., which show that whereas cases of some particular types of cancer are declining, at the same...
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