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Prostate Cancer Profile Lab Test Online

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:57:23 +0100

The Prostate Cancer Profile, which measures blood levels of certain proteins that the prostate releases into the blood, may detect cancer of the prostate gland. A significant deviation from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician. Includes: Total PSA; free PSA when total is between 4 and 10. Read more ...

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Prostate Specific Antigen PSA4 Home Test Kit

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Convenient, easy to use - self-collected at home or office, laboratory analysis. Read more to see how this test works ...

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Prostate cancers overtake lung cases in men for first time

PROSTATE CANCER has become the most common cancer in men, replacing lung cancer in top position, according to the Office for National Statistics. The switch occurred in 1999; figures released yesterday show there were 20,842 new cases of prostate cancer and 19,243 new cases of lung cancer in that ...

For some prostate cancers, skip therapy

LINDY WASHBURN, STAFF WRITER The Record 09-16-2009 For some prostate cancers, skip therapy By LINDY WASHBURN, STAFF WRITER Date: 09-16-2009, Wednesday Section: NEWS For men over age 65, doing nothing to treat localized, non-aggressive prostate cancer may be the best policy, ...

CAG spells out course of prostate cancers.

From a boy's first whiskers to the first sparse hair follicles on his chest, hormones known as androgens spur the development of sexual characteristics that signal approaching manhood. Decades later, these hormones may fuel the growth of prostate cancer. Researchers are beginning to understand why. ...

'Hedgehog' Signal Distinguishes Lethal From Localized Prostate Cancers.

Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Sept. 13 - Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a possible way to distinguish lethal metastatic prostate cancers from those restricted to the walnut-size organ. If future studies show their test - measuring the level of ...

Simple Test Identifies Aggressive and Less Aggressive Prostate Cancers.

Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, June 13 - A simple test can be used to identify patients with the most aggressive prostate cancers, even among patients whose tumors are at the same stage, according to research at the University of Minnesota. The degree to ...

Virus May Drive Some Prostate Cancers; Testing for XMRV might help spot more aggressive disease, experts say.(xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus)

Byline: Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 8 - A new study tightens the suspected link between a virus and prostate cancer, and raises the possibility that infection with the virus could be an indicator of aggressive tumors that require swift treatment. "We're not ...

CURE FOR PROSTATE CANCERS? HUMAN TESTS TO START ON PROMISING NEW DRUG.

Byline: John Crewdson Chicago Tribune As physicians continue to sift applications in search of a half-dozen cancer patients qualified to join the first human tests of the prospective cancer drug endostatin, the latest research to emerge from the laboratory of endostatin's discoverer shows it can ...

Urine test may predict aggressive PCa; investigational assay detects the fusion of two genes that occurs in about half of prostate cancers.

The articles on this page report on studies presented at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium held in Orlando. A URINE TEST may enable clinicians to predict which men diagnosed with prostate cancer are more likely to have aggressive disease and which men might benefit most from androgen deprivation ...

Spice Derivative Effective Against Malignancies In Mice.

2001 JUL 6 - - by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Curcumin, an extract of the yellow spice called turmeric, is effective against human prostate cancers implanted into immune-deficient mice and may eventually prove useful for treating men with androgen-dependent prostate ...

Research reveals molecular pathway behind invasive prostate cancers.

University of Cincinnati cancer and cell biologists have identified a new molecular pathway key to the development of invasive prostate cancers . In a preclinical study led by Maria Diaz-Meco, PhD, the UC team found that simultaneous ...

Prostate-Specific Antigen PSA Lab Test Online

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:57:23 +0100

The PSA test measures the level of prostate specific antigen in your blood. PSA is an enzyme that is produced by a mans prostate gland. A significant deviation from the normal range may require further evaluation by your physician. Includes: Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), Serum. Read more ...

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