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High Value Care screening advice for five common cancers
In a paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) issued advice…
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Advanced viral gene therapy eradicates prostate cancer in preclinical experiments
Even with the best available treatments, the median survival of patients with metastatic, hormone-refractory prostate…
Recurrence of prostate cancer detected earlier with innovative PSMA-ligand PET/CT
A recent study reported in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine compared use of the novel Ga-68-PSMA-ligand PET/CT…
Combined chemotherapy and immunotherapy shows promise for advanced prostate cancers
Chemotherapy can be very effective against small prostate tumours. Larger prostate tumours, however, accumulate cells…
Permanent radiotherapy implants reduce risk of prostate cancer recurrence after five years
Results from a randomised controlled trial to compare the use of permanent radioactive implants (brachytherapy)…
Prostate cancer research breakthrough from Sydney’s Centenary Institute
By Ashley Hall – ABC. Researchers from the Origins of Cancer group have opened the door to…
Younger men need to review priorities with time after surgery for high-risk prostate cancer
Does age affect the outcomes of men after radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer? Does…
Detecting cancer cells in blood can give an early warning of treatment failure
A blood test that measures the number of cells shed from prostate tumours into the…
Vitamin D may keep low-grade prostate cancer from becoming aggressive
Taking vitamin D supplements could slow or even reverse the progression of less aggressive, or…
Study identifies ‘lethal’ subtype of prostate cancer
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Cancer Research defines a new, distinct…