Cancer patients are at higher risk of dying from heart disease and stroke
More than one in ten cancer patients do not die from their cancer but from…
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Are we overestimating lifetime cancer risks?
The method employed in Australia to calculate the lifetime risks of cancer diagnosis and mortality…
ESMO 2019: Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery
Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery, according to late breaking results…
Fathering children by assisted reproduction linked to increased risk of prostate cancer
Men who became fathers through assisted reproduction techniques seem to be at higher risk for…
Increased risk of prostate cancer in men with BRCA2 gene fault
Men with the BRCA2 gene fault have an increased risk of prostate cancer and could…
Targeted radiotherapy technique could cut treatment time from two months to two weeks
Advanced radiotherapy technology could safely deliver curative treatment for some prostate cancer patients in just…
More targeted, less toxic: The golden future of cancer treatment
Researchers have engineered gold-based molecules that target cancer cells and leave healthy cells unharmed, in…
Is prostate MRI, with or without MRI-targeted biopsy, better than systematic biopsy for detecting prostate cancer in men?
By Monique Biryiana In 2018, prostate cancer was the second most common cancer in men,…
MRI assisted biopsies more effective at detecting prostate cancers
Using MRI scans to target biopsies is more effective at detecting prostate cancers that are…
Adjuvant radiotherapy may be beneficial in treating locally advanced prostate cancer
Some 5,400 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Finland every year. Although in most…