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By Joe Parisi

January 14, 2008
Comments: My very first article

Researchers Say They Have Found a Better Test for Prostate Cancer?

Well, here we go again. A new yearly test to determine if us guys have prostate cancer!

Prostate cancer is one thing that us seniors worry about all the time. More than 200,000 of us are expected to be diagnosed with it this year and it is expected to kill 27,000 men. The seriousness of this threat, combined with the success in its treatment puts a high premium on early detection, which now relies on a less-than-perfect system. That is why a new, promising screening method grabbed the headlines recently. Read More.

January 15, 2008
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Obesity and Prostate Cancer Viewed as a Deadly Combination

Obese men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer have more than two-and-a-half times the risk of dying from the disease as compared to men of normal weight at the time of diagnosis, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

"If a man is obese at the time of diagnosis, he faces a 2.6-fold greater risk of dying as compared to a normal-weight man with the same diagnostic profile, regardless of whether he has a radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy, whether or not he gets androgen-deprivation therapy, whether he has low- or high-grade disease and whether he has localized, regional or distant disease," said a researcher, referring to the degree of cancer spread. Read More.

January 17, 2008
Comments:  By Gina Kolata, New York Times

New DNA test evaluates risk of prostate cancer

A combination of common and minor variations in five regions of DNA can help predict a man's risk of getting prostate cancer, researchers reported.

A company, ProActive Genetics, formed by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, expects to offer the test, which will analyze DNA in blood or saliva samples. It should be available in a few months for less than $300, said Karen Richardson, a Wake Forest spokeswoman. Read More.