Tag: Prostate Cancer

  • Higher cholesterol may lead to more aggressive prostate cancer

    Prostate Cancer Treatment and Symptoms > Prostate Cancer and Association With Plasma Cholesterol: “Prostate cancer patients who had lower levels of cholesterol in their blood had a significantly reduced chance of developing more aggressive forms of the disease, compared to patients with higher cholesterol readings. These findings may help explain the earlier discovery, reported by…

  • Firefighters may be at higher risk of developing prostate cancer

    Firefighters at High Risk for Cancer – Forbes.com: “‘For testicular cancer there is a 100 percent increase in risk, for multiple myeloma there is a 50 percent increased risk, for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma it’s a 50 percent increased risk, and for prostate cancer it’s a 28 percent increased risk, compared with non-firefighters,’ he said.”

  • HIFU for the treatment of prostate cancer

    UroToday – Control of Prostate Cancer by Transrectal HIFU in 227 Patients HIFU, or high intensity focused ultrasound, works by creating ultrasound waves that are concentrated on the prostate to destroy the tumor cells. I did research on HIFU for the destruction of kidney tissue when I was a resident at Indiana University. Our institution…

  • Summary of foods that may be prostate protective

    Fredericksburg.com – Colorful eats cut risk of some cancer The same foods that prevent prostate cancer probably slow cancer down. The problem is that there have not been good studies yet that show exactly which foods or vitamins help. The nice thing about this article is it tells which foods have substances that may help:

  • Wives of prostate cancer patients affected by disease

    Nine MSN: Partners of cancer patients suffer too When discussing prostate cancer options and a new diagnosis, I always remind the patient to bring in their wife or loved one. This article points out that wives are also affected significantly by prostate cancer.

  • Watchful waiting for prostate cancer

    UroToday – European Urology – Watching the Face of Janus- Active Surveillance as a Strategy to Reduce Overtreatment for Localised Prostate Cancer A good abstract by Swedish urologists that addresses many of the issues for watchful waiting. It points out that the best candidates have a small amount of gleason 6 cancer. Most men did…

  • Side effects of radiation for prostate cancer

    Out of the group of 510 patients, who responded to the side effect section, 299 patients (59%) stated that there had been side effects and 211 patients (41%) stated that none had occurred. The following side effects were mentioned: leakage (17%), alguria (14%), diarrhoea (13%), voiding dysfunctions with residual urine (12%), proctitis (10%),urinary incontinence (6%),…

  • Genetics and inherited prostate cancer risk

    Prostate Cancer: Major Genetic Risk Factor Found: “Harvard Medical School researchers have identified a DNA segment on chromosome 8 that is a major risk factor for prostate cancer, especially in African American men. The paper appears in the August electronic edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (also see PNAS’s news tip…

  • Previous Laparoscopic Hernia Repair with mesh in prostate cancer patients

    This past month 2 patients of mine with prior laparoscopic hernia repairs with mesh had successful dvPs. I have done several of these now and do not get overly concerned with this finding in a patient. One of the patient’s was from Florida and was advised against robotic prostatectomy from 2 urologists that performed robotics…