New insight into combating drug-resistant prostate cancer

October 16, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

New research from the University of Eastern Finland sheds light on the significance of the glucocorticoid receptor in drug-resistant prostate cancer, showing that the development of drug resistance could be

New urine-based test detects high-grade prostate cancer, helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow-growing form of

Component of keto diet plus immunotherapy may reduce prostate cancer

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Adding a pre-ketone supplement — a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet — to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate

AI model may yield better outcomes for prostate cancer

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Investigators from UCLA Health found using artificial intelligence to help map out the boundaries of cancerous prostate tissue can significantly reduce the risk of underestimating the extent of prostate cancer

Researchers find common immune system mechanism between pregnancy, cancer

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

To understand why some cancers successfully circumvent the immune system to grow unchecked, researchers turned to pregnancy. “In pregnancy, the immune system does not reject the growing fetus, so we

Prostate cancer blood test equally effective across ethnic groups, study finds

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The Stockholm3 blood test, developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, is equally effective at detecting prostate cancer in different ethnic groups, a new paper published in The Journal of Clinical

Precision therapy for metastatic prostate cancer improves survival

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer should be treated primarily with second-generation hormone drugs, which offer better treatment response and longer life expectancy than chemotherapy. However, the effect depends on

Precision drug olaparib may be effective without hormone therapy for some men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

The anti-cancer drug olaparib may be effective in treating biochemically recurrent prostate cancer without accompanying hormone therapy for men who have mutations in genes such as BRCA2, according to results

Researchers identify factor that drives prostate cancer-causing genes

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have uncovered a key reason why a typically normal protein goes awry and fuels cancer. They found the protein NSD2

A common culprit drives prostate cancer progression

October 15, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

By tracking the changes in prostate cancer cells over time, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have found that activation of the MYC gene — a well-known cancer-causing