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Vitamin D May Slow Growth of Prostate Cancer
The role of vitamin D in prostate cancer has been a topic of debate, but now results of a new study provide positive news of its impact on this disease. Scientists have caught a significant glimpse at how vitamin D may slow the growth of prostate cancer cells. Vitamin D has been the center of…
Facts About Immunotherapy Every Patient Should Know
Provenge information gathering can be challenging since this immunotherapy treatment for prostate cancer has been getting a lot of press lately. It can be difficult to wade through the rhetoric about what Provenge (sipuleucel-T) is, what it can and cannot do for men who have prostate cancer, and how to pay for treatment. So we…
Breakthrough Prostate Cancer Treatment Most Promising in 15 Years
Researchers in the United Kingdom have announced what they believe is the most promising new treatment for prostate cancer in 15 years. Known as PSMA (prostate specific membrane antigen) radiotherapy, it could extend the lives of many men who are living with advanced prostate cancer who have run out of treatment options. This “game changing”…
3 Ways to Monitor Bone Metastases in Prostate Cancer Patients
Over half of patients with advanced prostate cancer ignore or underreport symptoms that their disease has spread to the bone (bone metastases or bone mets). This can create a dilemma for the physician: is it better to Not ask about symptoms if the patient doesn’t volunteer the information? Ask questions at the risk of seeming…
Obesity Linked with Aggressive Prostate Cancer
I have posted numerous blogs on the risk of aggressive prostate cancer (PCa) for men who are overweight. Once again, research bears this out. A new Canadian study involved 51 patients scheduled for a prostate biopsy who were first evaluated for factors related to body composition and metabolism. Once the biopsy results were in, the…
Is Prostate Cancer More Aggressive in Black Men?
Black men take note: researchers have uncovered a possible reason why black men of West African ancestry are more likely than white men to get a prostate cancer diagnosis and to die of the disease. Autopsies of the prostate glands of more than 1,000 black and white American men suggest that the rate of prostate…
