Below are the 5 most recent journal entries recorded in prostatecancere's InsaneJournal:

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
3:29 pm	Treating Prostate Cancer Effectively With Chemotherapy Treating prostate cancer is a very complex mission. There are many options available and practiced throughout the world. In the ultra sound technique, high density sound waves are employed to destroy the cancer cells. The sound waves are usually generated from endorectal probe placed inside the patient's body . chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that destroys cancer cells or stops their cell division potential. Chemotherapy can be either systemic chemotherapy or regional chemotherapy. The former is given by intravenous injection while the latter is distinctly placed in the body cavity. When high energy x-rays or other types of radiation are employed to wipe out the cancer cells, the treatment is called radiation therapy for treating prostate cancer. When a machine from outside the body is employed, it is external radiation therapy and when a radioactive substance is placed inside the body, it is called international radiation therapy. Treating prostate cancer can be divided into two distinct groups - localized and metastasized. Surviving prostate cancer is conditioned by the age of the patient, the type of cancer, the presence or absence of metastasis, general overall general health of the patient and above all the family background. The three standard therapies for men without metastized prostate cancer are watchful waiting, surgery and radiation therapy. Unfortunately, so far nobody has made a comparative study of all the three options in this connection, university of Florida researchers have evolved a gene therapy which employs a synthetic protein to stop cancer growth by inducing blood clotting, which cuts off a tumor's blood and nutrients supply'. The researchers are also working out methods to deliver the protein directly to the sites of interest instead of through genes that later produce a protein. Other researchers are using nanoparticles to sense proteins and deliver drugs or radiate heat to destroy cancer cell when bombarded by radio waves.Noscapine.a natural substance present in cough medicine is likely to emerge as chemical for treating prostate cancer. No tangible toxicity was observed with noscapine. The study which has been completed in mice will soon be done in human beings also and no side effects are anticipated. In treating prostate cancer, from the naturopathy standpoint, watchful waiting can be called a regular treatment since changes are made to the patient's diet and supplements and herbs are prescribed. Patient will allowed time to assess options and treatments to ensure surviving prostate cancer. During watchful waiting, regular digital rectal exams and PSA monitoring are conducted. For elderly patients, treating prostate cancer, is always complicated. Instead of 'wait and see' policy, of observing spreading of cancer in the case of elderly people, if they are given active cancer treatment, their chances of surviving prostate cancer increase. Extra info, if you are interested: Treating Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Drug Prostate Cancer Test Prostate Cancer Survival (Comment on this)
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
9:20 pm	Prostate Cancer Test Developments To Improve Prediction Of Disease Course A prostate cancer test is best taken on a regular basis from the age of forty. A yearly test is generally enough due to the slow growing nature of Prostate cancer. By conducting check ups, the detection of the disease can be completed at a very early stage and needless to say, that the early stage detection might even give complete cure. John Hopkins Oncology Scientists and researches have found out a method to measure prostate cancer at a very early stage: Prostate cancer triggers certain genetic changes. If the chemical process associated with genetic change is measured, detection of prostate cancer becomes a possibility even at a very early stage. Early stage detection ensures complete cure of the malaise.U.S and U. K scientists are simultaneously developing a quick test for prostate cancer. It will take only three minutes to perform. They collect the sample of prostate fluid via a small needle inserted in the patient's body under local anesthetic. This will be a landmark in testing of prostate cancer. Dr A Prasanna de Silva, chair of the organic chemistry at Queens University, Belfast, U. K said that the new test was "A convenient and quick method which provides early warning of prostate cancer which will bring relief to many men".The most popular test for cancer throughout the world is the Prostate specific Antigen (PSA) prostate cancer test. Prostate gland secretes a protein called PSA and if the secretion value is high, it is indicative of the presence of cancer forming cells. This test along with Digital Rectal Examination helps Physician to accurately measure the size of the prostate gland. Maryland-based Pharmaceuticals Scientist have found that a protein - an enzyme called HAAH might prove to be a biomarker, which is more sensitive and specific than current methods of early detection of prostate cancer. This biomarker test may identify prostate cancer at an earlier stage. Always early detection of prostate cancer ensures complete cure of the cancer. This is very useful to prevent prostate cancer recurrence. Through a simple DNA test, which identifies risk genes, the scientists at the Swedish medical University Karolinska Institutet hope that the men carrying a known combination of risk genes run 4 to 5 times higher risk of prostate cancer. Even the cases where the partial cure sets in, they say that the risk of prostate cancer recurrence is there. Now let us look at the nanoparticle prostate cancer test. Here the golden nanoparticles are first mixed in a solution. Then the patrient's blood is dropped in the nano solution. Then the nano particles seek put the protein. In case of protein particles being present, then the protein particles surrounded by the nanoparticles. When there is cluster formation, cancer is present, is the inference. Otherwise in case of no cluster formation, obviously no cancer formation needs to be suspected. The question whether obesity is an impediment for prostate cancer test has been studied deeply by the Texas University Health Science Center in San Antonio. They concluded that in obese men the sensitivity of PSA testing is blunted. What the Doctors conclude is that more estrogen is produced by obese men, affecting testosterone levels and could affect the cells that produce antigen in the test. Links to delve deeper into the topic: Prostate Cancer Survival Prostate Cancer Prognosis Prostate Cancer Drug Prostate Cancer Survival (Comment on this)
Monday, February 8th, 2010
12:36 pm	Prostate Cancer Survival Depends On The Efficacy Of Early Deduction Prostate cancer survival is the basic requirement to extend prostate cancer life expectancy. Unless the patient is able to survive the onslaught of the cancer, the question of survival does not arise. Both the concepts are interdependent. The racial background, the genes inherited from the Parents, the family history of father and siblings regarding the onset of cancer play a major role in survival. Other factors which contribute to the life expectancy are lifestyle habits, dietary habits, and Body Mass Index (Obesity). It is a well established axiom that the earlier the cancer is detected, the treatment options are very clear and the survival possibilities are very encouraging. Those way even the spreading of the infection to other parts of the body (metastasis). When once the metastasis starts, the survival chances are very slim. Diagnosis when done efficiently and in appropriate time enhances the chances of prostrate cancer survival. There are two main categories of diagnosis called staging and scaling. In staging, severity of the disease in indicated by four stages A, B, C, and D. Stage A denotes containment of cancer in prostate only, In stage B cancer cells have been formed but are within the prostate area. In stage C, process of metastasis has started and in Stage 4, other parties of the body are inn the grip of the cancer cells, process of spreading cancer to other parts of the body is complete. In the other system called Gleason scaling, the progress of the prostate cancer is evaluated. This system uses a scale running from 2 to 10. It is evaluated that the cancer growth is stable and will stay in a localized form. Aggressive cell formation is indicated in scale 7 and for scales 8 to 10, metastasis in severe form has started. Prevention is better than cure is a good proverbial statement but it is not true to prostate cancer unfortunately. There are no known methods to prevent the onset of cancer but to reduce the intensity of the risk, researches point to specified diets and lifeline choices. Exercising in the fresh air full of oxygen and eating a low-fat diet will go a long ay to mitigate the risk.Different treatment options are being conducted to prolong prostate cancer life expectancy. But, according to Medical Review Boards, it takes minimum 10 years to complete detailed studies on vast population sampling and it is thus a costly proposition. Hence they had to borrow data taken from old files, which, naturally, is not at all viable.Due to the slow growing nature of the prostate cancer, the medical regimen for very elderly patients is quite a challenging one. They may succumb to other diseases and may not need any treatment if the cancer is in low cancer scale. Estimating Prostate cancer survival chances is a very complex task. As stated earlier, food habits, heredity, obesity and lifestyle play a very important part in the commencement and growth of the prostate cancer. Prostate cancer life expectancy is constrained by the patient's age and treatment options. Extra info, if you are interested: Does Tumor Type Influence Prostate Cancer Prognosis Prostate Cancer Test Treating Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Survival Prostate Cancer Prognosis (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
1:04 pm	Prostate Cancer Prognosis And Seed Implant Therapies Prostate cancer prognosis signifies the analytical methods to identify the root causes of the reasons why people are victims to the prostate cancer, the regimen of medicines to be taken by the patients and monitoring of the progress of cure by health professionals by conducting various tests - in other words, a systematic approach to the mitigation of the ravages of the disease. It is the considered opinion of all medical practitioners that this prostate cancer is not terminal in nature. In a study on this subject coauthored by Peter Albertson of the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, it is explained thus: "Because prostate cancer usually grows slowly, many tiny cancers probably do not need treatment. These are the men who should active surveillance". Some significant progress has been made since 1990's by Australian health care researchers that there is a significant contribution of dietary habits to the onset and growth of prostate cancer among people. Those who consume relatively high fat, grilled or processed meats, when consumed on a daily basis is conducive to the onset of prostate cancer. They also concluded after extensive studies that consumption of vegetables like cauliflower; broccoli, cabbage, and sprouts reduce/eliminate the risk of begetting prostate cancer. Men in developed countries like Europe and especially USA are very susceptible to the incidence of Prostate cancer compared to South Asia, primarily due to the life style and rich foods. In the case of men in USA, the chances of getting the prostate cancer among males are only 16%, so taking regular tests for prostate cancer would be highly recommended. The glad news is that as per a 2006 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that men who have low-grade prostate cancers have a minimal risk of dying from prostate cancer up to 20 years after prostate cancer prognosis. As men above the age of 50 are prone to the prostate cancer disease, it is always better for everybody to know about the onset of symptoms of this disease. They are: difficulty in passing urine, obstructions to passing urine, complete stoppage of urine, polyurea - passing urine many times at night, intermittent/weak urine flow, experiencing pain while urination, sighting blood along with urine and pain in the lower back, hips and thighs. Tests for prostate cancer are to be certainly taken by these men, as some of the above symptoms are common for non-cancerous benign prostate enlargement also. Some families exhibit a higher risk incidence for prostate cancer. The normal risk factor is 1 to 13. But if in the family father or brother had prostate cancer sometime or other before the age of 70, the chances of getting it by the individual comes to between 1 to 4 or 1 to 7. As such, for those whose family history is positive to the tumors, tests for prostate cancer should be started right earnest from the age of 40 onwards. Blood tests for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and Digital rectal exams (DRE) have to be conducted at frequent intervals. Prostate cancer prognosis depends entirely on the advancements made in the medical testing field for the same. Other sites on this subject: Combining A Prostate Cancer Drug With The Right Low Carbohydrate Diet Prostate Cancer Prognosis Prostate Cancer Survival Prostate Cancer Survival Prostate Cancer Prognosis (Comment on this)
Monday, January 11th, 2010
12:43 pm	Prostate Cancer Drug Effectiveness Increased By Flaxseed Rich Diet There are lots and lots of options in prescribing different types of prostate cancer drug. Each human being is unique and treating him is a highly skilled and intuitive job of health professionals and Doctors.. Another group of researchers also are always finding ways and means to produce a plethora of drugs for treating prostate cancer. The male sex hormone, testosterone has been found to be the culprit stimulating the growth of prostate cancer cells. Hormone therapy is based on the theory - cut off the roots, if you want to completely destroy a tree. Hormone therapy stops the body of the patients from production of this male hormone testosterone. In some cases, hormone therapy is administered along with radiation therapy to wipe out any residual cells cutting off the testosterone producing messages from reaching testicles. The drugs used for this are LH-RH agonists which set up a chemical blockade preventing testosterone messages reaching the testicles. Rochester Medical Centre Researchers have found that instead of eradicating the cancer, some types of prostate cancer drug starts stimulating the growth of cancer cells. This is because of the eccentric behavior of the hormone therapy which suppresses cancer for a limited period fails after that. So for a proper prostate cancer drug protocol, some practitioners adopt a six month on and six month off policy for administration of these drugs. This on - off therapy has also found favor from many Doctors. Duke Prostate Center researchers have concluded that restricting the carbohydrates - even though with weight loss slows down the growth of prostate tumor. So far, however, mice only have been tested and now the experimentation on human beings are on progress. Duke University Medical center in Durham, N.C have concluded that a diet rich in flaxseed may curb the growth of prostate tumor. This they found when the flaxseeds were taken irrespective of the fact whether they followed a low-fat or not. They feel that reducing cell proliferation is positive development and will lead to a better survival.. A baldness curing drug Proscar is found to lower the PSA levels, hence useful as a prostrate cancer drug. Its lower dosage version Propecia was administered to over 350 men in the 40-60 age group whose PSA levels dropped by 40-50%, which is very useful in Cancer reduction. It is a well established phenomenon that reducing the PSA levels always brings down the severity of cancer. Related links: Prostate Cancer Test Prostate Cancer Survival Treating Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Test (Comment on this)