aturopathic and dietary supplement therapies often employ products with antioxidant activity to mitigate the negative effects of cancer and its treatment. However, many treatments for cancer treatments, including radiation…

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified the first immune molecule that appears to play a role in prostate cancer development and in predicting cancer recurrence and progression after surgery. The…

A large community-based study refutes previous findings that statins – a top-selling drug class, worldwide - might cut one’s risk of developing prostate cancer by reducing production…

A study led by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) has found that one of seven genetic risk factors…

Up to 73% of men with prostate cancer take nonprescription supplements, and smaller numbers use diet, exercise, or both in the hope of improving their outcome. Most of these…

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help prevent heart attacks and may offer other health benefits, but contrary to what some people think they do not prevent cancer, a new study indicates.

The results…

New studies of a blood protein recently identified at Johns Hopkins, early prostate cancer antigen-2 (EPCA-2), may change the way men are screened for prostate cancer - a disease that…

Current medical management for BPH includes alpha-blockers and 5- reductase inhibitors. In the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, finasteride, a 5- reductase inhibitor was shown to decrease the risk…

Smoking Associated with Worse Outcomes in Patients with Prostate Cancer Treated by Radical Radiotherapy
A history of smoking is associated with an…

Randomized studies comparing conservative therapy to definitive therapy in men with prostate cancer (CaP) are underway, but not yet available. Dr. Tewari and associates used the Henry…

A high body mass index (BMI) does not increase the risk of developing prostate cancer, but once the disease occurs, a high BMI is associated with a greater risk of…

Millions of middle-aged and older men experience the symptoms of an enlarged prostate multiple times during the day and night. What they may not know is that the disease known…

More than ninety percent of men who receive appropriate radiation dose levels with permanent radiation seed implants to treat their prostate cancer are cured of their cancer…

The total cost burden of prostate cancer varies significantly by treatment type, according to a new report.

“I would like this information to be used by clinicians to emphasize that,…

Exercising may reduce a man’s risk of developing advanced prostate cancer, a large study from Norway suggests.

In the study, men who were the most active were 36 percent…

For African-American men, the chances of developing prostate cancer are increased if a sister has breast cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann…

A popular baldness drug taken by more than 4 million men worldwide can mask an important marker used in screening tests to detect prostate cancer, scientists said on Monday.

Finasteride,…

Two new studies on the treatment of prostate cancer could well affect future treatment options for patients.

The first study by Dr. Cliff Robinson, M.D., a radiation…

Scientists have discovered for the first time a specific biochemical pathway by which the sex hormone, androgen, increases levels of harmful chemicals called reactive oxygen species (ROS)…

Missing sections of a gene, which programmes the manufacture of a chemical to alert the body to DNA damage, almost doubles the risk of prostate cancer, reveals research published ahead…

A team of University of Iowa Health Care researchers has launched an important clinical trial of a novel therapeutic that may eventually lead to new treatments for men diagnosed with…

According to a new study drinking alcohol does not appear to up the risk of prostate cancer and men who drink alcohol may have a lower risk of having…

Men with a history of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea may face a higher risk of prostate cancer, a study suggests.

The findings, from a study of more than 800…

A treatment mainstay for prostate cancer puts men at increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a large observational study published in the Sept. 20…

Serum lipid levels and International Prostate Symptom Score or Quality of Life Score are not linked in prostatic hyperplasia.

According to recent research from…