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VIDEO: Dr. Danny Vesprini, “Prostate Cancer – identifying men at high risk before it’s too late”

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September 2013 Scotiabank Awareness Night “Prostate Cancer – identifying men at high risk before it’s too late” Dr. Danny Vesprini,   MD, MSc, BSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor  Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto  Staff Radiation Oncologist, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre Dr. Vesprini discusses the current and upcoming strategies for screening and ultimately treating men who are at increased risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, including men with a strong family history, men with a known genetic trait that causes aggressive disease, and men of Western African/Caribbean descent. CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO Click here for Complete Video  Introduction by […]

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New Urine Test for Prostate Cancer – More Specific

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Prostate Cancer Foundation Announces New Urine Test for Prostate Cancer Available; Unlike PSA Test, is Ultra Specific for Prostate Cancer A new urine test for prostate cancer that measures minute fragments of RNA is now commercially available to men nationwide through the University of Michigan MLabs. The new test—Mi-Prostate Score (MiPS)—improves the utility of the PSA blood test, increases physicians’ ability to pick out high-risk prostate tumors from low-risk tumors in patients, and may help tens of thousands of men avoid unnecessary biopsies. Read the article.

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PCC Releases New Recommmendations on PSA Testing

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Sept. 5, 2013 PROSTATE CANCER CANADA RELEASES NEW RECOMMENDATIONS Lowering the age of baseline testing for prostate cancer Today we released new recommendations to empower Canadian males to take a more active role in monitoring their number one cancer risk: prostate cancer. A recent nationwide poll showed that while 87% of Canadian men aged 35+ fear prostate cancer, less than half anticipate being tested in the next 12 months – even though early diagnosis can increase the odds of survival. Read about it.

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5 Ways to Prevent Unnecessary Treatment for Prostate Cancer

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Now that the government panels and medical associations no longer recommend PSA testing, consider this: in the 1980s, before PSA testing, 50,000 men died annually from prostate cancer. In the 1990s, with PSA testing, 30,000 died annually. PSA testing saved 20,000 men each year (about 25,000 now) from slow, painful deaths from prostate cancer. And they are telling us to stop doing this test? Consider: 50,000 prostatectomies are performed each year for prostate cancer, yet 40,000 of these surgeries are unnecessary. The numbers are similar for radiation therapy. This is why mainstream medicine has retreated from routine PSA testing. Retreating

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First genetic factor in prostate cancer prognosis identified

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Patients with prostate cancer and hereditary mutations in the BRCA2 gene have a worse prognosis and lower survival rates than do the rest of the patients with the disease. This is the main conclusion to come out of a study published this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, in which David Olmos, Head of the Prostate Cancer and Genitourinary Tumours Clinical Research Unit at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has taken part in, along with Elena Castro, a member of the Unit, and British researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation

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Prostate cancer now detectable using imaging-guided biopsy

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Groundbreaking research by a team of UCLA physicians and engineers demonstrates that prostate cancer — long identifiable only through painful, hit-or-miss biopsies — can be diagnosed far more easily and accurately using a new image-guided, targeted biopsy procedure. Read the article, which includes a video.

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New prostate cancer test could change treatment.

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Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Hon Leong has developed a new blood test which could detect the potential for prostate cancer earlier. Thousands of men face a prostate biopsy following higher-than-normal results from their annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, the traditional screening for prostate cancer. But recent studies have shown three in four of these biopsies were unnecessary, leading to 165,000 unnecessary procedures and 6,930 related hospitalizations each year. Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-prostate-cancer-treatment.html#jCp

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PSA Levels Higher in Sedentary Men

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PSA concentrations are higher in men who engage in more sedentary behavior and lower levels of light physical activity, a study found. It is hypothesized that regular participation in physical activity may reduce prostate cancer risk through a variety of biological mechanisms including changes in energy balance, immune function, inflammation, antioxidant defenses, and endogenous hormones. Based on their results, the authors stated, evaluation of a patient’s physical activity and sedentary level before PSA testing also is important because these factors also may influence measurements and lead to a urologic diagnostic workup. Read the whole article.

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