As prostate cancer can be hard to discover from a lack of symptoms, it is important to recognize the risk factors. Here are 10 risk factors of prostate cancer. If you believe you are at risk for prostate cancer, talk to your doctor about being tested.
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Prostate cancer accounts for a whopping 25-percent of all newly diagnosed cases of cancer in males. And with the risk of prostate cancer increasing as you age—with the majority of cases striking men over the age of 70, a new study indicating a DNA test could detect the life-threatening cancer early is welcome news! The […]
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The National Cancer Institute predicts that more than 240,000 U.S. men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year—even more tragic, 28,000 will die of the disease in 2012. The tragedy with the majority of prostate cancer deaths is that most early stage patients don’t even know they have the disease because they don’t show […]
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Remember, remember, it’s almost Movember! What is Movember? Movember is an annual event in which men from all over the world grow elaborate moustaches during the month of November in hopes of raising money and awareness for prostate cancer. According to the official site, the goal of the campaign is to “change the face of […]
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A new study released by researchers at the University of Quebec and Centre INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier reveals that men who work the night shift are almost three times more likely to develop prostate cancer. The study involved 3,137 men who had cancer at one of 11 different sites on their bodies plus 512 men who didn’t […]
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the production and use of choline C-11, an imaging agent used in positron emission tomography (PET) to detect prostate cancer. The compound is injected intravenously, and the FDA has found that it is virtually free of side effects, except for some mild skin irritation at the injection site […]
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