PROSTATE CANCER
Going Back to Med School
Each year about this time I get a littletaste of what it's like to be in medical school. I look forward to talking with second-year medical students at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences...
Posted on 2/15/13 at 2:46 PM
Fed panel: Routine PSA blood tests for prostate cancer not worth effort
The government panel's guidelines had long advised men over 75 to forgo the tests and the new recommendation extends that do-not-screen advice to healthy men of all ages.By Lauran Neergaard , October 07, 2011
Gophers coach Tubby Smith says he had prostate cancer, now free
May 11, 2011
Medicare to pay for $93,000 prostate cancer drug
Medicare officials said that the program will pay the $93,000 cost of prostate cancer drug Provenge, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from an incurable stage of the disease an extra four months to live.By Matthew Perrone , March 30, 2011
Drug may slow growth of early prostate cancer 
A new study suggests a way to help men with early, low-risk prostate cancer avoid being overtreated for a disease that in most cases will never threaten their lives.
By Marilynn Marchione , February 15, 2011
Prostate-shrinking drug may help detect cancer
A drug commonly used to shrink enlarged prostate glands also increases the accuracy of the test used to detect aggressive forms of prostate cancer, Washington University researchers have found. Dr. Gerald Andriole, chief of urologic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, said a four-year study confirms that men who used the drug Avodart (the generic form is called dutasteride) received more accurate readings on their prostate specific antigen tests, especially if they were developing forms of aggressive cancer.By Harry Jackson Jr. , January 29, 2011
Long index finger linked to lower prostate cancer risk
A man whose index finger is longer than his ring finger has a statistically lower risk of developing prostate cancer compared to those whose index fingers are shorter than their ring fingers, scientists from The University of Warwick and the Institute of Cancer Research, UK, revealed in the British Journal of Cancer. The risk was one third lower for those with the longer index finger.By Features Staff Reports , December 04, 2010
Raising 'mo'ney for men's health
By Amy Martz , November 14, 2010
Statins associated with lower cancer recurrence following prostatectomy
Men who use statins to lower their cholesterol are 30 percent less likely to see their prostate cancer come back after surgery compared to men who do not use the drugs, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Researchers also found that higher doses of the drugs were associated with lower risk of recurrence.By Special Features Staff Reports , July 03, 2010
Study: Radiation boosts prostate cancer survival 
The prostate study has the potential to change care right away. About 20 percent of the nearly 200,000 men diagnosed with the disease each year in the United States are like those in the study — with cancer that has spread to the area around the prostate.
By Associated Press , June 06, 2010
Cancer society stops urging docs to offer prostate screening blood test 
The American Cancer Society is urging doctors to make clearer to men that the PSA blood test used to screen for prostate cancer has limits and may lead to unnecessary treatments that do more harm than good. It also says digital rectal exams should be an option rather than part of a standard screening.
By Mike Stobbe , March 03, 2010
AROUND MINNESOTA: Federal education aid ... Terrorism suspect plan ... Fatal shooting ... more 
State education officials said this week that 300 school districts endorsed a teacher pay approach that bases raises partly on student performance, something they’d be willing to try if the state lands $330 million in federal aid.
By Associated Press/Forum Communications , January 22, 2010
Curry powder ingredient kills cancer cells
A news report released by Reuters has found that a molecule that is found in curry can kill esophageal cancer cells in a laboratory, suggesting that it might be an anti-cancer treatment in the near future. This common spice has long been suspected as a treatment for various ailments.By Staff Reports , November 07, 2009
WDAZ’s Dullum says prostate cancer diagnosis won’t dampen his humor 
Local TV newsman Terry Dullum was diagnosed with prostate cancer this week, but he’s keeping his trademark sense of humor even in the face of the news.
October 30, 2009
Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer 
Actor Dennis Hopper is being treated for prostate cancer.
By Sandy Cohen , October 30, 2009
Robotic prostate surgery may mean big trade-off
By Carla K. Johnson , October 13, 2009
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