AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Study finds drug may prevent prostate cancer.
Byline: Marilynn Marchione
For the first time, a drug has been shown to prevent prostate cancer, though some men may pay a price for it in their sex lives.
Men who took finasteride _ sold as Proscar for enlarged prostates and at a lower dose as Propecia for baldness _ had a 25 percent lower risk of developing prostate cancer, the nation's largest prostate cancer prevention study found.
The news was so significant that the study was stopped early and its results published online Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine.
"This trial proves that prostate cancer, at least in part, is preventable. It is a huge step forward for cancer research," said Peter Greenwald, director of cancer prevention for the National Cancer Institute, which funded the study. He also was among the nearly 19,000 men who took part in the study for the last seven years.
"I wanted to set an example," he said. Having an official participate "could provide reassurance that we really believe it's the right…
- Living and Loving with Prostate Cancer: Men Deserve Better.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 28, 2009 700+ words
...International Prostate Cancer Education and...Network. "Men should put...and educate men, their families...involved in prostate cancer care of the...Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in developed...
- GlaxoSmithKline Steps Up Efforts to Recruit Patients for Clinical Trial Of...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 25, 2003 700+ words
...inhibition in reducing the risk of prostate cancer. Thus, we are seeking men at high risk for prostate cancer to participate in this study...surgery. About Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, after skin cancer. There...
- Docetaxel boosts survival in advanced prostate cancer.(Men's Health)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Goldman, Erik L. September 1, 2004 700+ words
...the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer. Data from two...survival time for men with advanced...refractory prostate cancer. "This is a...randomized 1,006 men with hormone...and progressive prostate cancer to treatment...
- Tool estimates absolute risk of prostate cancer.(MEN'S HEALTH)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Jancin, Bruce May 15, 2009 700+ words
...studying 2,893 men with prostate cancer and 1,781 without...aggressive forms of prostate cancer. Thus, using the...overtreatment of many men identified as being...shown to reduce prostate cancer risk by about 25%. For men at average risk...
- 3 factors help chart course of prostate cancer.(Men's Health)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Evans, Jeff August 15, 2005 700+ words
...predicting death from prostate cancer, according...performed in men. The p53 gene...available from 777 men with locally advanced prostate cancer who had participated...to die from prostate cancer and 60% more...compared with men without abnormal...
- Communication About Prostate Cancer Between Men and Their Wives.
- Magazine article from: Journal of Family Practice BOEHMER, ULRIKE CLARK, JACK A. March 1, 2001 700+ words
...increasing our understanding of how men respond to prostate cancer, but telling us little about how this disease affects the shared lives of men and their significant others. Prostate cancer threatens men's survival and families' futures...
- Early therapy is not helpful for recurrent prostate cancer.(Men's Health)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Lowry, Fran May 1, 2007 700+ words
...androgen-deprivation therapy in men whose prostate cancer recurs after treatment, according...continues to distinguish the minority of men who will die from their prostate cancer from the majority of men who will die with it. "We know...
- What is the prevalence of prostate cancer among men with low prostate-specific...
- Magazine article from: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal Alibhai, Shabbir September 14, 2004 700+ words
...primary prevention of prostate cancer. (1) Men were enrolled if they...value in identifying men with clinically important prostate cancer. Better markers are...Table 1: Prevalence of prostate cancer among men with prostate-specific...
- Family history does not predict outcome from prostate cancer.(Men's Health)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News MacNeil, Jane Salodof March 15, 2008 700+ words
...ANGELES -- Dad had prostate cancer. So did a brother...study of 1,738 men treated with low...A history of prostate cancer in one or more...among whom 187 men (11%) had a...degree relative with prostate cancer. The minimum follow...
- GlaxoSmithKline steps up efforts to recruit patients for clinical trial of...
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire June 25, 2003 700+ words
...decrease the risk of prostate cancer. Avodart, which...hyperplasia (BPH) in men with an enlarged...compound studied in Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial...will target 8000 men, more than 50...increased risk for prostate cancer. In the two...
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA
The AccessMyLibrary advertising network includes:
