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Treating Prostate Cancer With Surgical Castration
An orchiectomy, or surgical castration, is a type of surgery for prostate cancer, but it’s also a hormone therapy because the end goal is to manipulate a man’s hormones in order to stop the spread of cancer. What is orchiectomy? An orchiectomy is the surgical removal of the testicles. Typically, for prostate cancer, both of…
Do Meat and Dairy Foods Cause Prostate Cancer?
Results of research from Australia indicate that meat and dairy foods fuel prostate cancer, and the reason may be the presence of an amino acid. The new study by researchers at the Centenary Institute in Sydney, Australia, has demonstrated a potential future treatment for prostate cancer, by starving the tumor cells of leucine, an essential…
New Prostate Cancer Screening Test Could Reduce Biopsies
A new prostate cancer screening test known as IsoPSA could reduce the number of prostate biopsies that are performed by 50 percent and thus save many men from unnecessary treatment that is associated with life-altering side effects. This new test is better able than the current PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test to distinguish prostate cancer from…
What’s the Survival Rate for Prostate Cancer?
The survival rate for prostate cancer may be on your mind if you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed. You likely have questions about the survival rate for prostate cancer. What are survival rates? Doctors use survival rates as a way of discussing your prognosis or outlook. An example of what your doctor…
Does Hormone Therapy Raise Colorectal Cancer Risk?
A large, retrospective population study suggests that prostate cancer treatments that lower male sex hormones may increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Men treated with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists or surgical removal of their testicles (orchiectomy) to lower their testosterone and PSA levels experienced an increased risk of colorectal cancer of about 20 to 40…
Can Eating Grapes Help Fight Prostate Cancer?
Grape seed extract is a novel treatment approach for prostate cancer, according to scientists at Korea University. In a new study, recently published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, the investigators identified several specific anticancer activities of grape seed extract. The findings suggest grapes help fight prostate cancer. One finding was that grape seed extract…