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What is Prostate cancer?
The prostate gland is found only in males. It is just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The tube that carries urine (the urethra) runs through the center of the prostate. The prostate contains cells that make some of the fluid (semen) that protects and nourishes the sperm.
There are several types of cells in the prostate, but nearly all prostate cancers start in the gland cells. This kind of cancer is known as adenocarcinoma.
Some prostate cancers can grow and spread quickly, but most of the time, prostate cancer grows slowly. Autopsy studies show that many older men (and even some younger men) who died of other causes also had prostate cancer that never caused them problems. In many cases neither they nor their doctors even knew they had it.
Younger men do well with prostate cancer surgery
• Prostate Cancer news • Aug 22 05
As a treatment for Prostate cancer in men younger than 50 years of age, surgery to remove the prostate can provide good results with low complication rates,…
Obesity linked with higher prostate cancer risk
• Prostate Cancer news • Aug 18 05
Men who are overweight are more likely than thinner men to be diagnosed with Prostate cancers that are less likely to be detected on screening and more…
Gene test could save men from prostate surgery
• Prostate Cancer news • Aug 11 05
Doctors have developed a technique that could save thousands of men from impotence by predicting how aggressive Prostate cancer is before surgery.
At present needle biopsies, blood…
Strict diet program may help prostate cancer
• Prostate Cancer news • Aug 11 05
A strict vegetarian diet combined with relaxation therapy and exercise may be able to control slow-growing Prostate cancer, researchers said on Thursday.
Diet guru Dr. Dean Ornish said…
Painkillers may cut prostate cancer risk a little
• Prostate Cancer news • Aug 08 05
Taking Aspirin or the NSAID type of painkillers - drugs like ibuprofen and naproxen - regularly for a number of years may slightly reduce the likelihood…
Many men struggle to work after prostate cancer
• Prostate Cancer news • Aug 08 05
Men diagnosed with Prostate cancer are less likely than unaffected men to be working six months later, finding that the cancer and its treatment interferes with their…
Not all cancer patients improve lifestyle
• Prostate Cancer news • Jul 28 05
Prostate cancer therapy may affect mental function
• Prostate Cancer news • Jul 20 05
Men who undergo hormone therapy for early Prostate cancer may experience a modest, short-term decline their mental capacities, UK researchers report.
Dr. Valerie Jenkins said that treatment aimed…
Testicular cancer patients can have children
• Prostate Cancer news • Jul 20 05
Most Testicular cancer patients who try to father children after completing their treatment succeed, according to a new report.
Men who have surgery to remove the tumour have the…
Childless men run lower risk of prostate cancer
• Prostate Cancer news • Jul 07 05
Men with reduced fertility are relatively unlikely to develop Prostate cancer, Swedish investigators report.
“Men who are childless have an almost 20 percent lower risk of getting…
Prostate cancer screen test flawed
• Prostate Cancer news • Jul 06 05
A screening test for Prostate cancer taken by millions of men every year is not terribly accurate and not even the best result ensures that a man is cancer-free, experts…
Prostate cancer therapy not tied to bladder cancer
• Prostate Cancer news • Jul 03 05
There’s good news for men who have undergone therapy with focused radiation beams for Prostate cancer. The common treatment does not raise the risk of developing Bladder…
Trimodal approach to prostate cancer promising
• Prostate Cancer news • Jun 29 05
In patients with locally advanced Prostate cancer, a three-pronged approach to therapy can achieve a high level of tumor control, researchers at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville report.
…Abbott says access to prostate cancer drug widened
• Prostate Cancer news • Jun 23 05
Abbott Laboratories said on Thursday it has received U.S. regulatory approval to make its experimental Prostate cancer drug Xinlay available to certain patients even though it is…
Exercise helps sex life after prostate radiation
• Prostate Cancer news • Jun 17 05
Men treated with external beam radiation therapy for Prostate cancer may find their sex life affected, but physical activity seems to make the problem less likely, according to…
Delay OK before radiation for prostate cancer
• Prostate Cancer news • Jun 13 05
For men with localized Prostate cancer, waiting several months from the time of diagnosis before beginning treatment with external beam radiation therapy does not worsen their odds…