Doctor’s Specialty Often Steers Prostate Cancer Care (HealthDay)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) — The kind of treatment received by a prostate cancer patient often depends on the type of specialist providing the patient’s care, new research [...]

Specialty may bias doctors’ prostate cancer advice

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that the type of specialist a prostate cancer patient sees — rather than the patient’s own preference — may determine the treatment he receives. [...]

New Prostate Cancer Guidelines Aim to Empower the Patient (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — New American Cancer Society guidelines on prostate cancer screening mean that many men will be faced with a cascade of decisions, with a growing responsibility for those decisions falling on their [...]

Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests (AP)

AP – Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate cancer is of questionable value too, and can do men more harm than good. [...]

Sanofi drug shows promise against prostate cancer (AP)

AP – For the first time, an experimental drug has extended the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer who are no longer responding to other treatments and are out of options for fighting the disease, a company-led study [...]

Should men be tested for prostate cancer? (AP)

AP – The American Cancer Society revised its guidelines for prostate cancer screening on Wednesday. The advocacy group is one of many organizations that make such recommendations. [...]

New Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines Unveiled (HealthDay)

HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) — For the first time in almost a decade, the American Cancer Society has revamped its recommendations for prostate cancer [...]

New guidelines on prostate cancer urge frank talk (Reuters)

Reuters – New guidelines from the American Cancer Society urge doctors to make sure their patients fully understand the risks as well as the benefits of prostate cancer screening before any blood is [...]

New guidelines on prostate cancer urge frank talk

CHICAGO (Reuters) – New guidelines from the American Cancer Society urge doctors to make sure their patients fully understand the risks as well as the benefits of prostate cancer screening before any blood is drawn. [...]

Cigarette smoking may raise prostate cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cigarette smoking may increase a man’s risk for developing and dying from prostate cancer, pooled data from 24 studies involving 21,600 men with the disease indicates. [...]

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