Hispanic men urged to get prostate exams By Aneri Pattani GLOBE CORRESPONDENT SEPTEMBER 21, 2015 Local doctors and advocates spoke with about 1,000 parishioners Sunday at the Congregación León de Judá in the South End about the high risk of death from prostate cancer for Hispanic men in Boston. The event, which was organized by AdMeTech, a…
NEWS ADVISORY Media Contact: Kate Lagreca kate@northwindstrategies.com BOSTON HISPANIC COMMUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT DISPROPORTINATE RISKS AND IMPACT OF PROSTATE CANCER AdMeTech Foundation joins León de Judá Congregation at Sunday Services to Educate, Offer Counseling BOSTON, MA, September 17, 2015—Dr. Roberto Miranda, Senior Pastor of the Congregation León de Judá and Founder of the…
[heading title_size=”title-size-small” text_align=”center” text_color_custom=”#ffffff” icon_type=”noicon” icon_size=”32″ icon_color=”#de5034″ icon_style=”circle” icon_color_bg=”#ffffff” icon_color_border=”#dbdbdb” icon_border_size=”1″ icon_border_radius=”500″ icon_border_spacing=”50″]AdMeTech Foundation and NAACP, NEAC joined Urban Update, 7News Boston [/heading] September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. As part of AdMeTech Foundation efforts to raise awareness on prostate cancer they were invited to be guests on Channel 7 Urban Update with host Byron Barnett.…
AdMeTech Highlights Prostate Cancer as Health Disparity During National Awareness Month BOSTON, MA—September 3, 2015—AdMeTech Foundation will observe National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month during September by hosting two educational events and a Twitter Town Hall, all aimed towards improving early detection and treatment of prostate cancer, which are critical for saving lives. AdMeTech Foundation…
Presidential Proclamation – National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2015 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Every year, America pauses to raise awareness of prostate cancer and reaffirm our resolve to defeat it. One of the most common cancers among American men, prostate cancer…
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in men (excluding non melanoma skin cancer) in the UK with over 40,000 cases diagnosed each year (CancerResearchUK [2015]). However, for some men with early stage PCa that is confined to the prostate the disease may never be life threatening and can follow and indolent course which…
UCLA scientists have identified a new mechanism that delivers a key substance that fuels the growth of pancreatic and prostate cancer cells, a finding that offers new hope in the fight against two of the deadliest forms of the disease. Cancer cells require high amounts of the sugar glucose to survive and grow, and long-standing…
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida will undergo prostate cancer surgery at a local hospital Monday, his office said Thursday. Doctors found the cancer during a routine exam, according to a release from his office. It said Nelson had no symptoms and “extensive” scans showed no evidence the cancer has spread outside the prostate. Nelson,…
In the analysis of 10,472 men from 1990 to 2013, use of surveillance for low-risk disease rose sharply in 2010 through 2013, to 40% of cases. Use of surveillance had previously remained low, at between 7% and 14%, from 1990 through 2009. Dr. Matthew Cooperberg did the study with Dr. Peter Carroll, both of the…
For the first time, a single molecule has been identified that could be central to the mechanism of spread by prostate cancer. The findings could lead to a new prostate cancer drug target. The study is published in the journal Cancer Cell and was completed by researchers from the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.…