Inflammation & Prostate Cancer
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Men who show signs of chronic inflammation in non-cancerous prostate tissue may have nearly twice the risk of actually having prostate cancer than those with no inflammation.
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Know prostate cancer risk factors
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All men should be familiar with the risk factors for the most common cancer among men in the United States after non-melanoma skin cancer – prostate cancer.
Read MoreHow Prostate Cancer Is Staged
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Any diagnosis of cancer will have its own method of staging of the cancer detected. Cancer staging is a way to describe how much cancer is in your body and where it is located in the body.
Read MoreObesity & Prostate Cancer
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Doctors have long known that obesity has direct consequences on health and is associated with the onset of aggressive cancers, but the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are little known.
Read MoreMathematics VS. Prostate Cancer
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A mathematical model that uses four consecutive prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test results from a patient who had prostate cancer surgery can predict the time it might take for the disease to relapse.
Read MoreDoes your man have Prostate Cancer
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If your man is diagnosed with prostate cancer, his 15-year relative survival rate is 95 percent – and it can be even higher if you are standing by him for the battle.
Read MoreProstate cancer deaths linked to stress
/Research suggests that having high levels of stress may increase a man’s risk of prostate cancer death. This includes men with advanced prostate cancer and localized prostate cancer.
Read MoreMRI-Guided Biopsy detects locally recurrent prostate cancer
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. So far, the only tools available to detect and diagnose prostate cancer include: the PSA test and the transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy. Every year, about 20 million PSA tests are performed and about 1.2 million men undergo a biopsy. Traditional techniques such as the TRUS biopsy only sample the lower portion of the prostate – yet almost 30% of cancers are found outside this area. For this reason, only 30-40% of the 1.2 million biopsies performed on men each year are positive for prostate cancer.
Read MoreProstate cancer biomarkers in African-American men
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African-American men have the highest risk of developing prostate cancer, compared all other races. A new study suggests that there are specific genes that may indicate aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men. The researchers believe that their results may partially explain the reason for ethnic disparities in prostate cancer. In the past, ethnic disparities in prostate cancer have been associated with socioeconomic and biologic factors. The study was recently published online in the journal Urologic Oncology.
Read MoreAfrican-American men have lower PSA with low-risk prostate cancer
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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the United States. African-Americans have the highest risk of developing prostate cancer among any other racial group. Prostate cancer in African-American men also tends to be more aggressive.
Key statistics about African-American men and prostate cancer:
Read MoreWhat are the risk factors for prostate cancer?
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Race/ethnicity: African-American men and Caribbean men are more likely to develop prostate cancer compared to men of other races. African-American men are more than twice as likely to die of prostate cancer compared to Caucasian men. Prostate cancer occurs less often in Asian-American and Hispanic/Latino men than in non-Hispanic whites.
Read MoreMore men with Prostate Cancer Opting for Active Surveillance
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Men with early-stage prostate cancer are increasingly opting for regular monitoring and holding off on treatment unless the disease progresses. New study shows the use of so-called active surveillance or watchful waiting among men with localized PC was low from 1990-2009. But treatment option increased between 2010-2013.
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