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• Retired firefighter hits the road to spread cancer message

  June 29, 2011 1:06 AM

  A retired firefighter and prostate cancer survivor from Austin, Texas is riding across the country to educate others about the disease, and today he was in Colorado Springs. Bob Damron is specifically spreading his message at fire stations to his extended family, our nation's firefighters. He hopes that they... more »

• Study shows dogs may be able to sniff out prostate cancer

  June 3, 2010 12:37 PM

  Several studies have shown that dogs have the strange ability to "sniff out" cancer in humans. This has been something of great debate in the medical community, but a new study is strengthening that theory. According to a story in U.S. News & World Report , the new study... more »

• FDA probes diabetes risk with prostate cancer meds

  May 3, 2010 1:25 PM

  The Food and Drug Administration is looking into data suggesting a group of prostate cancer drugs increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. The drugs are used to suppress the hormone testosterone, which fuels the growth of prostate cancer tumors. Occasionally the drugs are used by women to... more »

• FDA approves new drug for prostate cancer

  April 29, 2010 3:51 PM

  A first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight the disease received federal approval Thursday, offering an important alternative to more intensive treatments like chemotherapy. Dendreon Corp.'s Provenge vaccine trains the immune system to fight tumors. It's called a "vaccine" even though it treats disease... more »

• Some cancer patients more likely to get blood clot

  April 25, 2010 9:05 AM

  Men with prostate cancer being treated with hormone therapy have a slightly higher risk of developing a blood clot, new research says. Experts analyzed data on more than 30,000 Swedish men with prostate cancer who were receiving hormone treatment. Men without prostate cancer had about a 1 in 1,000... more »

• Some cancer patients more likely to get blood clot

  April 25, 2010 9:00 AM

  Men with prostate cancer being treated with hormone therapy have a slightly higher risk of developing a blood clot, new research says. Experts analyzed data on more than 30,000 Swedish men with prostate cancer who were receiving hormone treatment. Men without prostate cancer had about a 1 in 1,000... more »

• Last-chance prostate cancer medication holds promise

  March 15, 2010 12:36 PM

  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 found. The benefit was modest - an extra 10 weeks - but... more »

• Last-chance prostate cancer med holds promise

  March 15, 2010 12:19 PM

  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 found. The benefit was modest - an extra 10 weeks - but... more »

• Prostate test guidelines include warning

  March 6, 2010 11:37 AM

  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. The cancer society has not... more »

• New prostate test guidelines include warning

  March 6, 2010 11:31 AM

  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. The cancer society has not... more »

• Cancer society stops urging docs to offer PSA test

  March 3, 2010 10:28 AM

  The American Cancer Society has updated its advice about prostate cancer screening. The society wants doctors to talk to men and give them plenty of information before they have a PSA test to make sure they understand its limits. Recent studies suggest the popular PSA test may lead to unnecessary... more »

• Gene linked to an aggressive form of prostate cancer

  January 12, 2010 8:29 AM

  A genetic variant may one day be able to tell doctors whether a man has an aggressive form of prostate cancer, one of the leading cancer killers. Researchers at Wake Forest University studied the genes of men with aggressive prostate cancer, and those with slow-growing disease, and identified a... more »

• Gene linked to an aggressive form of prostate cancer

  January 12, 2010 7:59 AM

  A genetic variant may one day be able to tell doctors whether a man has an aggressive form of prostate cancer , one of the leading cancer killers. Researchers at Wake Forest University studied the genes of men with aggressive prostate cancer , and those with slow-growing disease, and... more »

• Study says stress from diagnosis of prostate cancer could cause heart attack

  December 19, 2009 9:20 AM

  Men with prostate cancer may not die from the disease, rather the stress of the diagnosis could cause a heart attack! Researchers in Sweden studied data collected from men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1961 and 2004. They found after 1987, men diagnosed with the disease were three times... more »

• Study says stress from diagnosis of prostate cancer could cause heart attack

  December 19, 2009 9:02 AM

  Men with prostate cancer may not die from the disease, rather the stress of the diagnosis could cause a heart attack! Researchers in Sweden studied data collected from men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1961 and 2004. They found after 1987, men diagnosed with the disease were three times... more »

• Cancer diagnosis could spawn heart attack

  December 17, 2009 11:03 AM

  The first thing your should do after receiving a cancer diagnosis--take a deep breath and relax! Researchers in Sweden studied data collected from men diagnosed with prostate cancer. They found that patients diagnosed with the disease were three times more likely to have a heart attack in the first... more »

• Low cholesterol may ward off prostate cancer

  November 3, 2009 2:41 PM

  A new study suggests that men may be able to lower their risk of getting the most aggressive form of prostate cancer by keeping their cholesterol in a healthy range. Men whose cholesterol was under 200 had less than half the risk of developing high-grade prostate tumors compared to... more »

• Dennis Hopper taking time to focus on cancer

  October 31, 2009 10:11 AM

  Actor Dennis Hopper is off the road, and going into treatment for prostate cancer. A manager for the 73 year-old actor and artist says he is canceling all travel plans to focus on his illness and treatment through a special program at the university of southern California. Hopper's manager... more »

• Prostate cancer treatment linked to heart risks

  September 22, 2009 10:46 AM

  A common treatment for prostate cancer may slightly increase patients' risk of heart problems, new research says. Experts said the findings could make doctors think twice before prescribing the standard hormone treatment to men with prostate cancer, particularly if they are at risk of heart disease. The research was... more »

• Screenings and tests lead to better survival of prostate cancer

  September 4, 2009 2:23 PM

  September is prostate cancer awareness month and a time when health care providers are encouraging men to get screened for the disease. That process begins with a PSA test. Dr. Jacques Ganem is on the front line of treating one of the most common cancers in men worldwide. ... more »