American Cancer Society-Health Regulators-Prostate Cancer-Cancer Therapy-Loud Protests

Insight: New doubts about prostate-cancer vaccine Provenge

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prostate cancer vaccine Provenge has long incited passions unlike any other cancer therapy. Doctors who raised doubts about it received death threats. Health regulators and lawmakers faced loud protests at their offices. A physician at the American Cancer Society was so intimidated by Provenge partisans that he yanked a skeptical discussion of it from his blog. The vitriol dissipated in April 2010, when the U.S. ... read more..

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Prostate Cancer Surgery-Physical Activity-Prostate Surgery-Prostate Removal

Men's hopes for robot prostate surgery unrealistic

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Robot-assisted surgery for prostate cancer has been heavily hyped, and a new study suggests that men's expectations of the surgery may be too high. Researchers found that of 171 men facing prostate cancer surgery, those having robotic surgery expected a shorter hospital stay, and a quicker return to their usual physical activity and sex life. But those hopes may not be realistic. Prostate removal is one treatment option for prostate cancer, and in the U.S., a majority of those surgeries are now done with the help of a "robot. ... read more..

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Aggressive Treatment-Andrew M. Seaman-Prostate Surgery-Cancer Treatment-Prostate Cancer

Unnecessary cancer treatment in men on the rise

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new review of U.S. data on prostate cancer finds that despite established guidelines, a growing number of men who should not be getting aggressive treatment are getting it anyway. Men with low-risk tumors and a life-expectancy of less than 10 years -- for instance, men in their 80s or 90s -- are not candidates for so-called curative therapies like radiation or prostate surgery because there's little evidence it would benefit them. ... read more..

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Prostate Cancer-Milk Drinkers-Milk Intake

Milk intake in teens tied to later prostate cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older Icelandic men who remember chugging a lot of milk in their teens are three times as likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer as more-moderate milk drinkers, researchers have found. That makes them wonder whether the years around puberty, during which the prostate matures, could be a time of heightened vulnerability for the gland. ... read more..

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National Institutes Of Health-Prostate Cancer-Healthday News-Surveillance-Draft Report

Active Surveillance May Benefit Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 7 (Healthday News) -- As more men are screened for and diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, a new draft report released Wednesday by a U.S. National Institutes of Health panel concluded that research on the safety of "active surveillance" is needed. read more..

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