Advanced Prostate Cancer

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  AI Can Help Patients Get Prostate Cancer Drug That Cuts Death Risk By Half

  The new AI test, built by a team from the US, UK and Switzerland, shows which men would most likely benefit from abiraterone.

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  International Men's Health Week: 5 Early Signs Of Cancer You Shouldn't Be Ignoring

  International Men's Health Week 2019: Cancer is a disease that sometimes may show no symptoms until it has developed to an advanced stage. Here are some early symptoms that may probably signal cancer.

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  7 Early Signs And Symptoms Of Prostate Cancer Which Usually Go Unnoticed

  Prostate cancer progresses over time which is why it usually goes unnoticed and is diagnosed in the advanced stages when treatment becomes difficult.

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  New Way to Fight Therapy-Resistant Prostate Cancer Found

  Scientists have identified a signalling circuit in cells that can be targeted to treat advanced prostate cancer in patients who are resistant to existing therapies.

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  Exercise May Become Anti-Cancer Therapy In Future

  A first-ever international clinical trial evaluating the effect of intense physical exercise to improve survival of men with advanced prostate cancer is now underway.

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  Unique Study Tests Drugs To Prevent Child Sex Abuse

  At Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, patients who have sought help for paedophile fantasies, but have not acted on them, are being given a drug normally used to treat advanced prostate cancer to determine if it reduces the risk of them sexually abusing a child.

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  New Test To 'Smell' Prostate Cancer In The Offing

  Scientists are creating a diagnostic test which uses a special tool to 'smell' prostrate cancer in urine, an advance that could spell end for invasive diagnostic procedures that men currently undergo.

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  Why Doctors Get it Wrong About When You Will Die

  A blind teenager with a brain tumour is at the centre of a UK court case that pits the hopes of his parents against medical opinion.

• Being Overweight Raises Risk of Men Developing Aggressive Prostate Cancer

  World Cancer Research Fund review of global research finds link between obesity and advanced prostate cancer is strongMen who are overweight or obese have a higher chance of developing an aggressive and potentially fatal prostate cancer, according to...

• Vitamin D Deficiency May Lead to Prostate Cancer: Study

  A vitamin D deficiency has now been linked to aggressive prostate cancer. "Vitamin D deficiency could be a biomarker of advanced prostate tumour progression in large segments of the general population," said Adam B. Murphy, Northwestern University's Feinberg...

• Tool-wielding robots crawl in bodies for surgery

  Imagine a tiny snake robot crawling through your body, helping a surgeon identify diseases and perform operations. It's not science fiction. Scientists and doctors are using the creeping metallic tools to perform surgery on hearts, prostate cancer, and other diseased organs. The snakebots carry tiny cameras, scissors and forceps, and even more adva...

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  Hormone therapy boosts prostate cancer survival

  Just six months of hormone therapy, along with radiation, cuts the risk of dying from locally advanced prostate cancer in half when compared to radiation alone.

• Omega-3 and prostate cancer

  A diet high in omega-3 fatty acids offers protection against advanced prostate cancer.

• Height linked with prostate cancer

  Factors that influence height may also influence cancer risk and more specifically tall people have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer.

• Green tea lowers prostate cancer risk

  Drinking green tea may reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer.