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How does COVID-19 affect sexual and bladder functions in men?

Researchers discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the urogenital health of males.

1 Aug 2022

New trial offers double the traditional course of antibiotics for patients with life threatening infections

Hospital patients who develop infections where 10% of sufferers die will be offered double the traditional course of antibiotics in a new trial.

1 Aug 2022

International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as carcinogenic, changing the previous classification of possibly carcinogenic.

20 Jul 2022

Novel blood test offers unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up

Researchers at the Vancouver Prostate Centre have developed a new blood test that provides unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up, potentially allowing doctors to better select treatment options that will improve patient outcomes.

20 Jul 2022

Surveillance program for high risk patients aids in early detection of pancreatic cancer

Surveillance programs for people at high risk of developing pancreatic cancers can help detect precancerous conditions and cancers early, when they are most treatable, according to a new multicenter study directed by experts at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

13 Jul 2022

Researchers find a way to kill recurring prostate cancer with a lot of iron

Prostate cancer can come back from common hormone deprivation therapy with a vengeance and no clear treatment option, but scientists have early evidence that one way to kill these recurring cancer cells may be with a lot of iron.

7 Jul 2022

Survey: Many prostate cancer patients in the UK did not receive adequate information about radiotherapy-induced sexual dysfunction

New research indicates that many UK patients don't receive adequate information about treatment-induced sexual dysfunction before, during, and after radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer.

6 Jul 2022

Research uses big data to find cancerous mutations in cells

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are among the latest tools being used by cancer researchers to aid in detection and treatment of the disease.

5 Jul 2022

Bladder cancer patients with ctDNA positivity respond very well to treatment with atezolizumab

Researchers who treated a group of post-surgery bladder cancer patients with the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab have found that patients whose blood contained circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), responded very well to the treatment.

3 Jul 2022

MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than new imaging technique

A team of researchers in Australia and New Zealand has found that MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than the newer, prostate-specific -PSMA PET/CT scanning technique.

3 Jul 2022

Greater global coordination needed for AI-enhanced diagnostics, treatment to save lives of prostate cancer patients

The largest prostate cancer biopsy dataset – involving over 95,000 images – has been created by researchers in Sweden to ensure AI can be trained to diagnose and grade prostate cancer for real world clinical applications.

3 Jul 2022

New study supports targeted screening program for prostate cancer

Data from the world's largest prostate cancer screening study provides further evidence to support the introduction of a targeted screening program for the disease, say researchers.

1 Jul 2022

New project aims to create a genetic blood test for prostate cancer in Black men

Researchers at the University of East Anglia, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust and Oxford Biodynamics are developing a new genetic blood test for prostate cancer in Black men - who are twice as likely to develop and die of the disease than white men.

1 Jul 2022

Study finds significant difference in the gut microbiota of men with prostate cancer

Researchers have found a significant difference in the gut microbiota of men with prostate cancer, compared with those who have benign biopsies.

1 Jul 2022

Study finds higher risk of cardiovascular disease among adult cancer survivors

Adult survivors of cancer have a higher risk of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD) later in life than adults without cancer, according to results of a large study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers.

28 Jun 2022

Erectile dysfunction drugs may be able to boost the effect of chemotherapy in esophageal cancer

A group of drugs commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction may be able to boost the effect of chemotherapy in esophageal cancer, according to new research funded by Cancer Research UK and the Medical Research Council.

21 Jun 2022

Moffitt researchers reveal a mechanism leading to drug resistance in prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States. Many patients can live long lives due to early detection and treatment with androgen deprivation therapy.

16 Jun 2022

Prostate cancer treatment guidelines need to be updated, research suggests

Current guidelines used to plan salvage radiation treatments in patients with local recurrence of prostate cancer should be updated to take into consideration information derived from novel imaging modalities, such as PSMA PET, according to research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2022 Annual Meeting.

15 Jun 2022

Cancer cases and deaths in Africa are expected to double during the next 20 years

Cancer cases and deaths are expected to double in Africa during the next two decades, according to findings from a new study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

13 Jun 2022

Social stress factors have a direct impact on cellular mechanisms that drive deadly breast cancer

Chronically stressful conditions of daily life such as racism, pollution and poverty have a direct impact on the cellular mechanisms that drive lethal, invasive forms of breast cancer, according to a study led by Duke Cancer Institute researchers.

13 Jun 2022

Prostate Cancer News and Research

Latest Prostate Cancer News and Research

How does COVID-19 affect sexual and bladder functions in men?

New trial offers double the traditional course of antibiotics for patients with life threatening infections

International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

Novel blood test offers unprecedented insight into a patient's cancer make-up

Surveillance program for high risk patients aids in early detection of pancreatic cancer

Researchers find a way to kill recurring prostate cancer with a lot of iron

Survey: Many prostate cancer patients in the UK did not receive adequate information about radiotherapy-induced sexual dysfunction

Research uses big data to find cancerous mutations in cells

Bladder cancer patients with ctDNA positivity respond very well to treatment with atezolizumab

MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than new imaging technique

Greater global coordination needed for AI-enhanced diagnostics, treatment to save lives of prostate cancer patients

New study supports targeted screening program for prostate cancer

New project aims to create a genetic blood test for prostate cancer in Black men

Study finds significant difference in the gut microbiota of men with prostate cancer

Study finds higher risk of cardiovascular disease among adult cancer survivors

Erectile dysfunction drugs may be able to boost the effect of chemotherapy in esophageal cancer

Moffitt researchers reveal a mechanism leading to drug resistance in prostate cancer

Prostate cancer treatment guidelines need to be updated, research suggests

Cancer cases and deaths in Africa are expected to double during the next 20 years

Social stress factors have a direct impact on cellular mechanisms that drive deadly breast cancer

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