Patient Care Four things to know about prostate cancer By Lydia Fernandez Sep. 30, 2017 Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the U.S. Each year, approximately 161,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with this type of cancer, including approximately 630 in Monroe County ...
Patient Care Government Task Force Changes Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations By Ruth Harper-Rhode Apr. 13, 2017 Since 2012, the United States Preventive Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended against prostate cancer screening, but the task force recently shifted their view and now encourages some men from ages 44 ...
Research Scientists Find New Gene Tool for Predicting Course of Prostate Cancer By Leslie Orr Dec. 19, 2016 Researchers from UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute and Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo reported in the journal Oncotarget, they have discovered a possible new tool for predicting whether ...
Patient Care Is It Time for New Strategies to Treat Aggressive Prostate Cancer? By Leslie Orr Apr. 26, 2016 A new URMC study confirms that androgen deprivation therapy, which initially shrinks aggressive prostate tumors, is a double-edged sword that ultimately might fuel the spread of cancer.
Research Prostate Cancer Metastasis Arises From Stem Cell Environment Near Tumor By URMC Communications Jul. 23, 2015 A recent study by cancer researcher Chawnshang Chang, Ph.D., provides additional proof of a concept he’s been investigating for years: that the environment surrounding a prostate tumor plays a major ...
Research A Good Marriage and Green Tea Might Help Fight Prostate Cancer By URMC Communications Jan. 29, 2015 In two unrelated studies, Rochester researchers investigated prostate cancer with results pointing to the benefits of strong support at home and sipping green tea.
New Imaging Technology Brings Cancers to “Light” By URMC Communications Jul. 18, 2013 A new medical imaging technology dubbed multispectral photoacoustic imaging has demonstrated that it can successfully identify healthy vs. cancerous prostate tissue and could represent a less ...
Research New Cancer Imaging Technology Shows Promise By Mark Michaud Jul. 17, 2013 A new imaging technology that combines ultrasound and laser technologies has been shown to be highly effective in identifying prostate cancer. The system, which was developed by University of ...
Research Biggest Risk of Aggressive Prostate Cancer Falls on Older and African American Men By Leslie Orr Feb. 12, 2013 Even for people diagnosed with asymptomatic, early prostate cancer, the odds that their disease is high- or intermediate-risk and thus more aggressive is increased for people 75 and older and for ...
Research Would Sliding Back to pre-PSA Era Cancel Progress in Prostate Cancer? By Leslie Orr Jul. 29, 2012 Eliminating the PSA test to screen for prostate cancer would be taking a big step backwards and would likely result in rising numbers of men with metastatic cancer at the time of diagnosis, predicted ...
