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Improvements in Prostate Cancer Mortality Plateaued From 2012 to 2021

TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 – Distant-stage prostate cancer increased and mortality rates plateaued throughout California during the 2010s, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in JAMA Network...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Causally Linked to Prostate Cancer

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 – Genetically predicted rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is causally associated with prostate cancer (PCa), according to a study published online Jan. 10 in Medicine. Shihua Ye,...

Genomic Classifier Tests Play Heterogeneous Role in Prostate Cancer Risk Classification

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – For patients with localized prostate cancer (PCa), tissue-based genomic classifiers (GCs) do not consistently influence risk classification or treatment decisions, according...

Cancer Mortality Continued to Decline Through 2022

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – Cancer mortality is continuing to decline, but the incidence of certain cancer types is increasing, especially among women, according to the Cancer Statistics, 2025 report...

PSMA-PET Provides Additional Risk Stratification in High-Risk Prostate Cancer

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Among patients with high-risk prostate cancer and no evidence of metastatic disease on conventional imaging, prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography...

Patient-Centered Pathology Reports Improve Prostate Cancer Understanding

FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 – Patient-centered pathology reports (PCPR) help patients to understand prostate cancer results better than current standard format reports, according to a research letter...

Prebiopsy MRI Oncologically Safe for Suspected Prostate Cancer

MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2024 – Men with negative multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) results avoiding biopsy do not have an increased risk for clinically significant prostate cancer (PCa),...

Fish Oil Supplementation Cuts Measure of Prostate Cancer Progression

MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2024 – A high omega-3, low omega-6 diet with fish oil supplementation for one year results in a significant reduction of a marker of prostate cancer progression among men enrolled...

Omega-3 Rich Diet May Help Slow Prostate Cancer Growth

MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 – Men who opt for "watchful waiting" instead of treatment for a low-risk prostate cancer might improve their odds if they take fish oil supplements, early research suggests....

Prostate Cancer Incidence, Mortality Rates Mainly Stable, Decreasing

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 – In most countries, prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates decreased or were stable in the most recent five-year period, but increasing trends were seen in some...

Screening Primary Driver of Averted Cancer Deaths From 1975 to 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – Over the past 45 years, cancer prevention and screening accounted for most cancer deaths averted for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers, according to a...

Lasting Reduction in Toxicity Seen for MRI-Guided SBRT for Prostate Cancer

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guidance for aggressive margin reduction (AMR) for stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in prostate cancer reduces two-year toxic...

Overtreatment Common for Older Men With Prostate Cancer

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – Overtreatment of prostate cancer is increasing in the United States among men with limited life expectancy, a new study reports. Procedures like radiation therapy and...

Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer Increasing in Men With Short Life Expectancy

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – In the active surveillance era, overtreatment of men with limited life expectancy (LE) decreased for those with low-risk prostate cancer, but increased for those with...

Complications From Prostate Cancer Therapy Can Be Serious and Long-Term

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 – Men who undergo prostate cancer treatment face a greatly increased risk of life-altering, long-term complications, a new study finds. Surgery for prostate cancers increases...

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