Doctors ‘not proactive enough’ in getting men to have prostate checks

OTAGO DAILY TIMES: A Waimate man is “peeved off” with the NZ medical system, saying doctors are not proactive enough in contacting men and getting them to go for a prostate cancer check.

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Big week for celebrity prostate cancer – first Webber, now Hopper

PROSTABLOG NZ: Celebrity prostate cancer is big at the moment: in the same week we heard Andrew Lloyd Webber (right) has it, there’s now an announcement Dennis Hopper (at left, star of iconomic movie Easy Rider) is afflicted.

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Debate over whether single, double or triple hormone therapy is best awaits trial results due in 2013

NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: A trial to see whether double hormone therapy for prostate cancer is better than using a single androgen blockade is not expected to report until 2013, so meantime “you are going to have to rely on your own research and a discussion with your doctor”.

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Cancer screening gets more and more controversial as Baby Boomers hit 65

BRADENTONHERALD.COM: As the baby boomers prepare to join the 65-plus set over the next decade, medical experts are weighing the benefits and costs of cancer screenings for seniors.

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Three dimensional conformal radio therapy succeeds in treating PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy

URO TODAY: In cases of persistent PSA following radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer, three-dimensional conformal radio therapy can be used as monotherapy with a significant chance of recurrence free survival.

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Promising drugs being developed to prevent eventual failure of hormone therapy for prostate cancer

URO TODAY: Activation of the androgen receptor is crucial for prostate cancer growth at all points of the illness, and two new drugs are showing promise in preventing that happen

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Men in desk jobs have higher risk of prostate cancer

UWILLREADNEWS.COM: Men who have desk jobs are more likely to develop prostate cancer, research suggests

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Culprit may have been found in spread of prostate cancer to bone tissue

IN-SCIENCES.ORG: Fucosylations – structures on the surface of prostate cancer cells – trigger prostate cancer cell adhesion inside a blood vessel wall in bone tissue, greatly increasing the prospect of prostate cancer cells metastasizing to bone.

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Transperineal, template-guided mapping biopsies are better at finding prostate cancer…but there’s a ‘but’

NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFO-LINK: Transperineal, template-guided mapping biopsies can find prostate cancer where more traditional 8- or 12-core transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsies often don’t, new research confirms – but is this really an advantage?

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MRI-guided laser surgery tried for first time on US prostate cancer patient

NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: Magnetic resonance imaging-guided, targeted laser surgery has been used – with apparent success – for the first time in the US on a prostate cancer patient.

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