Colon / Prostate Cancer

Colon Cancer - Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

The colon is an extremely important part of our digestive system and is a storage tube for solid waste that passes through our bodies. Its main function is to extract water and salt from feces. This vital part of our body's internal makeup consists of the transverse colon, the ascending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the descending colon. The colon rectal cancer is many a times referred to as the colorectal cancer or either the large bowel cancer. It is mainly ascribed to the retard growth of the cancerous cells in the colon or the rect ...
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CyberKnife System Use for Prostate Cancer Quadrupled

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) , a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that use of its CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System to treat extracranial tumors non-invasively has increased by 75 percent worldwide during Accuray's fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. The most dramatic growth was seen in the treatment of lung and prostate cancer in the United States, which doubled and quadrupled respectively since the end of fiscal year 2006. For more than four d ...
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Cryoablation as Salvage Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Cryosurgery was first used to treat prostate cancer in the early 1970s. Sine then, changes in equipment and techniques have improved the results of cryosurgery, in both tumor control and lower morbidity. Ultrasound-guided surgery allows monitoring of freezing in real time. Monitoring temperature at critical locations, separating the rectum and prostate by saline injection, and using argon gas rather than liquid nitrogen-based equipment have improved results and lowered complication rates. Cryoablation as Salvage Therapy for R ...
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PROVENGE - Designed to stimulate a patient's own immune system

Written by Jack Leeroy Chicago, IL. -- Apr 21, 2007 -- /prbuzz/ -- PROVENGE is an investigational product that may represent the first in a new class of active cellular immunotherapies that are uniquely designed to stimulate a patient's own immune system. PROVENGE is in late-stage clinical development for the treatment of patients with advanced prostate cancer. In clinical studies, patients typically received three infusions over a one-month period as a complete course of therapy. The FDA has to give their opinion on wh ...
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Selenium cuts prostate risk

Some 40,000 men die every year from prostate cancer, but a new study says what a man eats may help prevent the disease. The study, published by the National Cancer Institute, found men who had the highest intakes of the mineral selenium cut their cancer rates by one-half to two-thirds compared to men with the lowest intakes of selenium. "The notion that vitamins and minerals might prevent prostate cancer is a particularly exciting thing," said Dr. Philip Taylor of the National Cancer Institute. Selenium is found in fish, meats, grains and seeds in varying amounts. But it is also available in supplements. Mineral selenium cuts risk of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer: the culprit - obesity

American researchers have apparently established a close link between obesity and death due to prostate cancer. An excessively high body mass index (BMI) does not cause this disease, but it does aggravate it. For the record, this index is calculated by dividing weight in kilos by height in metres squared. It should stand at between 20 and 25 for adults in good health. Between 25 and 30 it indicates excess weight, and over 30, obesity.   -- Prostate cancer: the culprit - obesity