Can Eating Fish Cause Prostate Cancer?

It seems that there are a lot of different risk factors for getting prostate cancer. Among some of the most popular are: genetic predisposition, being of African descent, eating red meat, smoking, drinking too much alcohol, eating dairy products and having too many different sex partners. (If you are a Black male with a lot of sex partners I'd cut back on my dairy.) Just when it seems like [...]

Prostate Health and You!

There is plenty of awareness for cancers and other diseases, but not too often do people hear about the prostate gland in males. Second only to lung cancer, prostate cancer is projected to affect 1 of every 6 American men during their lifetime. Prostate cancer researchers are working to identify and characterize different aspects of the disease to potentially diagnose and refine their treatment [...]

Prostate Cancer May Require Prostate Surgery

What is a prostate? A prostate is a gland in men that surrounds the neck of the bladder and the proximal part of the urethra. This gland produces a fluid that becomes part of semen. A prostate gland is a firm structure normally about the size of a chestnut. It is located in the pelvic cavity, below the pubis and the rectum. It can usually be felt by examination when enlarged. Therefore, it is [...]

Uncover the Truth Behind Prostate Biopsy Symptoms

Prostate Cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Doctors may require prostate screening even if there is no symptoms particularly for men aged 40 and above. On the other hand, numerous specialists disagree about the efficiency of early screening. Based on theories, screening presents the benefit of detecting prostate cancer while it is still in its early stage. Although the prostate [...]

An Advanced Treatment for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients

Provenge (sipuleucel-T) manufactured by Dendreon corporation is the new therapeutic immunotherapy for prostate cancer patients with an advance metastatic tumor. The therapy was approved last April 29, 2010 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowing 12 manufacturing facilities in New Jersey to operate. During the annual meeting of the Genitourinary American Society of the Clinical Oncology [...]

Hormone Therapy Plus Radiation Therapy Produce Better Survival Outcomes

Recently, there has been numerous study reports published that address the benefits of Hormone therapy combined with Radiation therapy in treating prostate cancer. This article wishes to provide readers some helpful updates with regards to the new standard treatment for prostate cancer. In 1995 to 2005, a randomized study was jointly conducted by the National Cancer Institute of Canada, [...]