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Sexual Function Does Not Continuously Decline After Radiation Therapy Treatments For Prostate Cancer
Sexual function in prostate cancer patients receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) decreases within the first two years after treatment but then stabilizes and does not continuously decline as was previously thought, according to a study in the January 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American So...
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Sexual Function Does Not Continuously Decline After Radiation Therapy Treatments For Prostate Cancer
Sexual function in prostate cancer patients receiving external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) decreases within the first two years after treatment but then stabilizes and does not continuously decline as was previously thought, according to a study in the January 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American So...
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Intermittent Androgen Deprivation At Least As Effective As Continuous Androgen Deprivation
'Potential Benefits of Intermittent Androgen Suppression Therapy in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature' is the title of an article by P-A. Abrahamsson in the January issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology...
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URMC Study Links Vitamin D, Race, And Cardiac Deaths
Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to a higher number of heart and stroke-related deaths among black Americans compared to whites, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study. The journal Annals of Family Medicine is publishing the study in the January-February edition, which goes online Jan. 11, 2010...
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Fear Of Prescription Drug Abuse Affects Pain Management
Millions of Americans with significant or chronic pain associated with their medical problems are being under-treated as physicians increasingly fail to provide comprehensive pain treatment - either due to inadequate training, personal biases or fear of prescription drug abuse...
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Experimental Drug Shows Promise Against Brain, Prostate Cancers
An experimental drug currently being tested against breast and lung cancer shows promise in fighting the brain cancer glioblastoma and prostate cancer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in two preclinical studies...
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Experimental Breast, Lung Cancer Drug Shows Promise Against Prostate And Brain Cancers
US researchers have completed two preclinical studies, one on isolated human cells and the other on rodents, that concluded an experimental breast and lung cancer drug shows promise against prostate cancer, and glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer...
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Women's Bodies And Minds Agree Less Than Men's On What's Sexy
Review study confirms gender difference in responses to sexual stimuli...
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Restless Leg Syndrome Linked With Erectile Dysfunction In Older Men
A study in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that erectile dysfunction was more common in older men with restless leg syndrome (RLS) than in those without RLS, and the magnitude of this association increased with a higher frequency of RLS symptoms...
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Dasatinib Inhibits The Growth Of Prostate Cancer In Bone And Provides Additional Protection From Osteolysis
UroToday.com - In our preclinical evaluation of dasatinib, a small molecular kinase inhibitor of Src family kinases (SFK), we used a model of growth of C4-2B prostate cancer cells in the bone environment in which C4-2B cells were injected into tibia of SCID mice. This study was designed in an attempt to better understand the effects of dasatinib on both prostate cancer and bone...
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Rethinking Screening For Breast Cancer And Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - As cancer surgeons, we witness the fear and anxiety we create when we tell patients that they may have cancer. This fear is understandable, as cancer can be a deadly disease. Choices for therapy can be overwhelming and treatments emotionally and physically taxing...
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Short-term Outcomes Of The Prospective Multicentre 'Prostate Cancer Research International: Active Surveillance' Study
UroToday.com - Screening for prostate cancer has the potential of decreasing the number of deaths due to this disease, but also knocks the lid off Pandora's box...
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The Prognostic Significance Of Bladder Neck Invasion In Prostate Cancer: Is Microscopic Involvement Truly A T4 Disease?
UroToday.com - Tumor invasion into an adjacent organ has broad reaching implications for local recurrence and potential metastatic spread. In prostate cancer, stage pT4 disease may indicate for example, involvement of the rectum, pelvic sidewall or bladder neck...
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Genetic Study Clarifies African And African-American Ancestry
People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-wide study of African and African-American ancestry released today...
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The Cancer 'TRAP'
Current research suggests that TNF-receptor associated protein-1 (TRAP-1) may prevent cancer cell death. The related report by Leav et al, "Cytoprotective Mitochondrial Chaperone TRAP-1 as a Novel Molecular Target in Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer," appears in the January 2010 issue of the American Journal of Pathology...
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Acupuncture Reduces Hot Flashes, Improves Sex Drive For Breast Cancer Patients
Not only is acupuncture as effective as drug therapy at reducing hot flashes in breast cancer patients, it has the added benefit of potentially increasing a woman's sex drive and improving her sense of well-being, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study...
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Resolve To Improve Your Urologic Health In The New Year
This new year, make a resolution to improve your health and talk to your doctor about urologic conditions. Although urologic problems may seem embarrassing to talk about, these conditions are more common than you think and a delay in seeking medical attention could cause you unnecessary stress, prolong the problem and even increase your risk for a more serious condition...
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Resolve To Improve Your Urologic Health In The New Year
This new year, make a resolution to improve your health and talk to your doctor about urologic conditions. Although urologic problems may seem embarrassing to talk about, these conditions are more common than you think and a delay in seeking medical attention could cause you unnecessary stress, prolong the problem and even increase your risk for a more serious condition...
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What Is St. John's Wort? How Effective Is St. John's Wort?
St. John's wort, or Perforate St. John's wart, Tipton's Weed or Klamath weed, is a medication that comes from a flowering plant called Hypericum perforatum. For a long time it is believed to have medicinal qualities, especially for the treatment of depression. Recent studies appear to conclude more favorably than unfavorably regarding St. John's Wort's efficacy in treating depression. St...
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Low Annual Caseloads Of United States Surgeons Conducting Radical Prostatectomy
UroToday.com - In the December, 2009 online edition of the Journal of Urology, Drs. Caroline Savage and Andrew Vickers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center show surprising data on how few radical prostatectomies (RP) many American urologists perform. The authors cite previous work that correlates surgical volume with complication rates and outcomes...
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