A new study has revealed that elevated fat and cholesterol levels found in a typical American-style diet plays an important role in the growth and spread of prostate cancer. Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University’s Kimmel Cancer Center demonstrate how mice eating a Western diet, and predisposed to develop prostate cancer, can develop larger tumors that [...]
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Western diet ‘ups prostate cancer risk’
December 2nd, 2010 |
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Scientists reveal prostate cancerâ€s multiple personalities
November 4th, 2010 |
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A team of scientists has taken an important step toward a better understanding of prostate cancer by uncovering evidence that it is not one disease but rather several factors which can be measured and, in the future, destroyed by targeted therapy. The research team led by of Dr. Mark A. Rubin, at Weill Cornell Medical [...]
Cholesterol drug could treat prostate cancer
September 21st, 2010 |
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A new study has revealed that a drug used to treat patients with high cholesterol levels could also be helpful in treating prostate cancer. Rosuvastatin—a statin drug sold as Crestor—suppressed the growth of transplanted human prostate cancer cells in mice. Dr. Xiao-Yan Wen and his colleagues at St. Michael”s Hospital screened 2,000 small molecules in [...]
Dennis Hopper Dies at 74
May 30th, 2010 |
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Mr. Hopper died from complications of prostate cancer. His death was first reported by Reuters.
Hopper had recently been suffering from prostate cancer and going through a difficult divorce from his wife Victoria.
Hopper is best known for starring in the 1969 classic “Easy Rider.”
Mr. Hopper, who said he stopped drinking and using drugs in the mid-1980s, [...]
Andrew Lloyd Webber Cleared Of Cancer
January 11th, 2010 |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is grateful to be alive after receiving an all-clear in his battle against prostate cancer.
“It is a huge relief. We have arrived at the end of a long journey at the best possible outcome. In my case, I will be 62 next year and I have five children. Most importantly, I am [...]
Andrew Lloyd Webber Cancer; Legendary Composer Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
October 25th, 2009 |
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Legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a spokeswoman for the famed Brit said in a statement Sunday.
“Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The condition is in its very early stages,” said a statement from public relations firm Brown Lloyd James. “Andrew is now undergoing treatment and [...]
Gene that raises bladder cancer risk identified
August 3rd, 2009 |
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A gene variation of prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) gene, called rs2294008, can increase the risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
The researchers determined that people with the variant had a 30 to 40 percent higher risk for bladder cancer.
They hope that the [...]
Newly discovered gene fusion may improve prostate cancer diagnosis
July 24th, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a new gene fusion that is highly expressed in a subset of prostate cancers-a discovery that could lead to more accurate prostate cancer testing and new targets for potential treatments.
According to researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, gene fusions – a hybrid gene formed from two previously separated genes – may [...]