Long-term medical-care costs related to prostate cancer: estimates from linked SEER-Medicare data Long-term medical-care costs related to prostate cancer: estimates from linked SEER-Medicare data. Prostate Cancer PD. 2010;13(3): 278-84... ...
Background of alpha-linolenic acid, a fatty acid that increases the risk of prostate cancer; Results of a study that evaluated diet and prostate cancer in men, conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists; Advice on the calcium consumption of men to avoid prostate cancer....
Current landscape of treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) has recently changed. Cabazitaxel, a new taxane with potential antineoplastic activity, has been approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after docetaxel failure. In a phase III trial, cabazitaxel showed increased overa...
but which of these risk factors cause a prostate cell to become cancerous is not fully known. For a cancer to develop, changes must occur in the chemicals that make up the DNA, which makes up the genes in the cell. The genes control how the cell ...
undetected/untreated prostate cancer. Conversely, men over 70 often have more indolent or slow-growing prostate cancers or other medical conditions that may be greater threats to their lives over the next 10 years than may prostate cancer, and thus less aggressive evaluation and treatment may be ...
"We saw that the treatment affects the course of the disease for the rest of the individual's life. It also means that the point when a prostate cancer study is analyzed has a major impact on how the results are interpreted. The short-term perspective does not give a fully adequate pictu...
Men who undergo prostate cancer treatment face a greatly increased risk of life-altering, long-term complications, a new study finds. Surgery for prostate cance
(such as to the bones, lymph nodes, andlungs) is not curable, but it may be controlled for many years. Because of the many advances in treatments, most men whose prostate cancer becomes widespread can expect to live 5 years or more. Some men with advanced prostate cancer live a normal ...
WebMD's slideshow covers prostate cancer: who's at risk, symptoms, tests, staging, treatments, survival, and foods that may help lower your risk for prostate cancer.
However screening of prostate cancer in all men regardless of symptoms must wait for a larger study looking at long term survival benefit, cost-effectiveness of screening, and lastly, quality of life of patients on a screening program. 展开 关键词: Prostate cancer Prevalence PSA IPSS ...