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Source: Annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium; Medline 192,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually. 27,000 cases are terminal. Currently under investigation is a new chemotherapy drug -Cabazitaxel which is being administered in conjunction with Mitoxantrone (a commonly used drug f0r prostate cancer). Men receiving this chemo cocktail (no pun intended) had a 30% increase in survival. [...] Source: American Cancer Society Men should discuss the benefits and risks of prostate cancer screening with their doctors, according to revised prostate cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Yes. That’s what they said. Not much of a guideline is it? Okay they say a little more. But really, only a little. The American Cancer [...] Source: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition What do these three things have in common? Well, men who are non-smokers and who eat more soy MAY have a lower risk of getting lung cancer than other men. Okay, the non-smoking part may be an obvious one, but the soy? Soybeans contain natural compounds called isoflavanones. Isoflavanones mimic estrogen, [...] Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Rates of new diagnoses and rates of death from all cancers combined declined significantly in the most recent time period for men and women overall and for most racial and ethnic populations in the United States. The drops are driven largely by declines in rates of new cases and [...] Sources: Journal of the National Cancer Institute; BBC Health A brief preface: testing of drugs to see if they are effective in treating cancers is first done by researchers in laboratories on “cell-lines” grown in the laboratory. However while scientists can duplicate cells they still need original cells from human patients to start with. Following a review [...] Source: Wall Street Journal; National Institutes of Health (NIH) After years of being viewed as a potential health problem, coffee is fighting back and this time it’s kicking your prostate in the…well… So this must be why my urologist asked me how much coffee I drink this morning. (Yes I saw a urologist, more on that in [...] Source: Cancer Research UK The UK (that’s the United Kingdom or Great Britain for the slower ones) where, largely due to prior colonial influence, one can still get a really good curry take out has some interesting news. An extract of tumeric (the yellow spice in curry) called curcumin has shown promise in killing of cancer cells. [...] Source: BBC Health A Newcastle Research Team (The University, not the beer) is testing the use of a common chemotheraphy drug TSA (Trichostatin A) to halt labor contractions. Sounds like a bad idea, I know, but keep an open mind. One of the effects of TSA, besides killing cancer cells, is that it increases the levels of [...] Source: BBC Health; British Medical Journal A recent Swedish study (Yes, where the candy fish come from) comparing PSA (Prostate Specific Antigent) Test results of 540 men before they were eventually diagnosed with prostate cancer and 1,000 healthy men failed to determine the point where a PSA Test was a diagnostic predictor of prostate cancer. What [...] Source: Dow Jones News wire; The Wall Street Journal It must be STD Wednesday! (No, not really). Gardasil is a vaccine from Pharma Company Merck which has been found to prevent HPV (Human Papilloma Viral) infections which can cause cervical cancer. The drug became somewhat controversial for early administration to Teens and Tweens. Without stepping into the [...] |
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