Are Low-Income Men Less Likely to Be Diagnosed Early?
Wednesday December 24, 2008
It appears so.
A recent study from UCLA showed that low-income men were more likely to have advanced prostate cancer at the time of diagnosis than more affluent men.
This isn't surprising ... Read More
Great Article to Read in the New England Journal of Medicine
Monday December 22, 2008
The most recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has a very interesting piece about the initial treatment options for prostate cancer.
The article begins by describing the case ... Read More
Single Men Less Likely to Get Screened for Prostate Cancer
Monday December 15, 2008
A recent study from the University of Michigan has shown that single men were 40 percent less likely to undergo screening for prostate cancer than married men.
Perhaps this study and ... Read More
Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Lead to Bone Problems
Wednesday December 10, 2008
Hormonal therapy for prostate cancer is one of the most widely accepted and utilized treatment options available today. Thousands of men in the United States alone are currently "on-treatment" ... Read More
Does Prostate Cancer Cause Increased Nerve Growth?
Sunday December 7, 2008
A new study by doctors from Baylor University has been published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research that reports that men with prostate cancer have, on average, a significantly higher ... Read More
If Your PSA Level Is Low, Does It Matter How Much It Changes?
Wednesday December 3, 2008
Physicians have begun paying more attention to, not only the absolute level of PSA, but also to how fast that PSA level is changing.
The rate of PSA change, or PSA ... Read More
Cancer Rates and Deaths in America Drop for Both Men and Women for First Time Ever
Monday December 1, 2008
For the first time since the American government started keeping detailed statistics about cancer trends, the number of both men and women who were newly diagnosed with or died from ... Read More