State-supported program aims to connect Black, brown men to quality prostate cancer care

    Published: April 9, 2025   By Avery Bleichfeld   When Ken Reeves was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019, it came with all the stress and concern that a cancer diagnosis carries. But, beyond the struggles of dealing with the diagnosis, he also faced frustrations with the care he was receiving — his concern…

Groups fight stigma around prostate cancer prevention, care among Springfield men 

Groups fight stigma around prostate cancer prevention, care among Springfield men  Updated: Mar. 09, 2025, 5:03 a.m. | Published: Mar. 09, 2025, 5:03 a.m.    By Dave Canton dcanton@repub.com   SPRINGFIELD – Archie Emanuel, Jr., a Vietnam-era veteran, remembered the day he received his diagnosis.    “I had all the blood work and the urologist…

Improving Clinical Risk Stratification at Diagnosis in Primary Prostate Cancer: A Prognostic Modelling Study

August 2, 2016 Vincent J. Gnanapragasam [ultimate_spacer height=”32″] Abstract Introduction Over 80% of the nearly 1 million men diagnosed with prostate cancer annually worldwide present with localised or locally advanced non-metastatic disease. Risk stratification is the cornerstone for clinical decision making and treatment selection for these men. The most widely applied stratification systems use presenting…

Prostate cancer breakthrough could lead to new diagnostic tests and treatments

PUBLIC RELEASE: 28-JUL-2016 Full Article Prostate cancer patients have been offered hope after scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified a new group of molecules that could be targeted to slow tumor growth. Experts used an advanced screening technique which found hundreds of genes were affected by the male hormone testosterone. It is believed this could…

Protein ZMYND8 tied to suppression of prostate cancer tumor metastasis

PUBLIC RELEASE: 28-JUL-2016 [ultimate_spacer height=”32″]Full Article[ultimate_spacer height=”32″] Study reveals protein’s ability to block expression of metastasis-linked genes UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER PUBLIC RELEASE: 28-JUL-2016 Although it reads like European license plate number, a protein known as ZMYND8 has demonstrated its ability to block metastasis-linked genes in prostate cancer, according to a study at…

Patients with low risk prostate cancer on active surveillance experience good quality of life

New York, NY, July 25, 2016 Researchers found no significant differences in health related quality of life between patients with low risk prostate cancer on active surveillance and men without the disease over 3 years of followup, according to new study in the Journal of Urology ELSEVIER HEALTH SCIENCES [ultimate_spacer height=”32″]Full Article[ultimate_spacer height=”32″] Active surveillance…