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Health status, not age, key to treating prostate cancer in elderly

Posted on: 20/02/2015 - 22:08

PARIS – Health status should be evaluated when determining how best to treat an older man with prostate cancer, attendees at an international congre... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

FDA panel votes against approval of oral desmopressin for nocturia

Posted on: 13/01/2015 - 21:09

HYATTSVILLE, MD. – The majority of a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted against approval of an orally disintegrating sublingual table... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

ADT plus RT more effective in reducing prostate cancer mortality than ADT alone in geriatric men

Posted on: 05/01/2015 - 21:00

Among older men with high-risk prostate cancer, receiving androgen-deprivation therapy in combination with radiotherapy reduced cause-specific and all... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

International study characterizes male breast cancer

Posted on: 23/12/2014 - 17:19

SAN ANTONIO – Male breast cancers share some important characteristics with female breast cancers: The tumors found in males are usually hormone receptor positive and of luminal A subtype, and...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

High serum vitamin D levels linked to prostate cancer risk

Posted on: 18/12/2014 - 20:07

Mounting evidence suggests that there may be an increased risk of prostate cancer among men with the highest levels of vitamin D. At a public conference on vitamin D sponsored by the National...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Has advertising for prostate cancer treatment gone too far?

Posted on: 14/11/2014 - 16:43

Dr. Benjamin Davies has responded to advertising claims that recently ran in the Sunday New York Times Magazine and the New Yorker with an article in Forbes entitled “Prostate Cancer Advertising:...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Adding abiraterone improves suppression of intraprostate androgens

Posted on: 13/10/2014 - 21:24

Adding abiraterone to standard neoadjuvant therapy using luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists induces markedly more effective androgen suppression within the prostate tissue in men who have...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Hypofractionation, vessel-sparing RT techniques for prostate cancer yield good QOL

Posted on: 10/10/2014 - 16:32

SAN FRANCISCO – Use of a shorter, more convenient course of radiation therapy for prostate cancer or a technique that spares blood vessels critical for sexual function yields good long-term quality...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

AAP issues new teen contraception and sexual health guidelines

Posted on: 30/09/2014 - 20:21

Pediatricians should be aware of the most recent updates in contraception and considerations for special populations so they can appropriately counsel their adolescent patients, according to the new...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Specific pattern of male pattern baldness linked to aggressive prostate cancer

Posted on: 24/09/2014 - 15:55

Men with a combination of frontal and moderate vertex baldness at age 45 were at a significantly increased risk of having aggressive prostate cancer in a large prospective cohort study, according to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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