The panel stopped short of recommending that all men take the drug because clinical trials have not yet shown that it reduces deaths.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among men, behind lung cancer, with 186,000 new cases diagnosed and 28,660 deaths each year.
Finasteride is used in low doses under the brand name Propecia as an anti-balding drug and in higher doses under the name Proscar for shrinking enlarged prostate Read the rest of this entry »

Drinking just a glass of wine a day increases women’s risk of breast cancer, as well as several other types of the disease, a new study concludes. The research, carried out among more than a million UK women, says that alcohol accounts for 5,000 cases of breast cancer every year.
What do we know already?
Many of us enjoy relaxing with a glass of wine at the end of the day. But it’s an unpalatable fact that alcohol can damage your health, especially Read the rest of this entry »

SPPI.O
) said
U.S. regulators have extended the review date of its
experimental cancer drug, Zevalin, to July 2.
The decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration comes
after the regulator received a major amendment to the
Supplemental Biologics License Application for use of Zevalin
as a treatment for patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma (NHL), the company said.
The drug has received priority review status from the FDA.
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New technology available locally may be more effective at screening for breast cancer in younger women.
Since September, Laughlin Memorial Hospital has been offering digital mammography at its Center for Women’s Health.
Dr. Art Adams, one of three radiologists affiliated with the Laughlin Center for Women’s Health, said he is pleased that the hospital has invested in this state-of-the-art technology for its patients.
Dr. Adams and his colleagues Read the rest of this entry »

A glass of wine each evening is enough to increase your risk of developing cancer, women are being warned.
Consuming just one drink a day causes an extra 7,000 cancer cases – mostly breast cancer – in UK women each year, Cancer Research UK scientists say.
The risk goes up the more you drink, whether spirits, wine or beer, the data on over a million women suggests.
Overall, alcohol is to blame for about 13% of breast, liver, rectum, mouth and Read the rest of this entry »

Published: February 2, 2009
The American Cancer Society will host its third annual “African American Men’s Health Forum” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St.
Local health experts will discuss health disparities, cardiovascular health, diabetes health, mental health, nutrition and exercise. Local cancer experts will discuss the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer, prostate cancer Read the rest of this entry »

The panel stopped short of recommending that all men take the drug because clinical trials have not yet shown that it reduces deaths.
Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among men, behind lung cancer, with 186,000 new cases diagnosed and 28,660 deaths each year.
Finasteride is used in low doses under the brand name Propecia as an anti-balding drug and in higher doses under the name Proscar for shrinking enlarged prostate Read the rest of this entry »

THURSDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) — Last summer, Keith Blessington had just been told that he was eligible for private health insurance to replace his government-funded COBRA coverage when it ran out.
Then, the 55-year-old New Hampshire resident was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer, and everything changed.
Although the COBRA coverage paid for most of the cost of his initial surgery, by the time he got out of the hospital having had half Read the rest of this entry »

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — 02/24/09 —
Findings from a new study in the current
issue of
confirm for the first time in a large U.S. study that
testicular cancer risk is higher among men with a history of infertility in
the past, compared to the general population. Previous research on this
topic was reported mainly from European countries with a much higher
prevalence of testis cancer in the male population.
In men with testicular cancer, the risk Read the rest of this entry »

When cancer strikes one member of a family, what seems like an intensely personal catastrophe can suddenly bring down the entire household.
But Sunday, for 200 men, women and children who know the disease’s terrible toll all too well, a holiday party hosted by a unique program for patients and their families offered a chance to give thanks, both for a happier ending and for the help they received in getting there.
“It’s like they don’t care about Read the rest of this entry »