This week regulators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a Bayer AG new drug to treat certain forms of prostate cancer that are advanced. The drug will be sold under the name Xofigo and is meant to be used for prostate cancer that has already spread into the patient’s bones, but not into other organs, in men who previously received therapy designed to reduce testosterone. The hormone testosterone can stimulate the growth of prostate cancer. The medication will cost around $69,000... 

If a man does not have any prostate risk factors he can go his entire life without needing to take the PSA test, said members of the American Urological Association. In an updated clinical guideline that was unveiled on Friday, urologists said that just men aged between 55 and 69, should consider getting a PSA test if they show symptoms or signs of prostate cancer. The guideline said men should be tested only after discussing the entire pros and cons regarding the test with their physician. If they... 

When a list of possible prostate cancer side effects from surgery or other treatments are read off by oncologists rarely do they mention one that leaves most men to regret their choice of treatment: shrinkage. However, a substantial percentage of patients who undergo the procedure to remove the prostate gland or undergo hormone therapy combined with treatment by radiation have said they experience a decrease in the size of their penis following treatment. That side effect can create problems with... 

Zytiga, abiraterone acetate, has had its indication expanded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include the treatment of castration-resistant, late-stage prostate cancer prior to the use of chemotherapy. The drug is designed to lower testosterone production and was approved originally in November of 2011 to be used in patients whose cancer of the prostate had progressed after being treated with docetaxal. Abiraterone decreases the amount of a protein that is involved in the production of... 

A new study says that patients with prostate cancer, who are given Viagra before radiation therapy and following the therapy, had better sexual function. A common side effect to prostate cancer is sexual woes, which include erectile dysfunction. A recently concluded study consisted of patients who had prostate cancer, which had not yet spread and who underwent a radiation therapy known as external beam and/or the implanting of radioactive seeds on a permanent basis. Each participant was assigned... 

US researchers have identified a distinctive combination of four genes, the presence of which is critical in identifying  life threatening prostate cancers, in patients with early stage prostate cancer. The new study has boosted the accuracy levels of prediction from 84% to 91% and this would spare those men with non-aggressive prostate cancers and low-risk tumors from unnecessary interventions. A genetic test based on the findings is being developed and could be available within a couple of years... 

In a study on 2,705 men diagnosed with prostate cancer, researchers of the Harvard School of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco have found that vigorous physical activity lowers mortality risk in these patients; both overall death risks and risk of dying from prostate cancer  were reduced . The researchers in an 18-year follow-up study observed the effect of exercises on persons diagnosed with non-metastatic prostate cancer between 1990 and 2008. The physical activities reported... 

Men with low-risk, localized prostate cancer would do well to wait and keep a close watch on the tumor, according to a new study led by researcher Julia H. Hayes, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School in Boston. This “Active Surveillance” involves frequent monitoring of the identified prostate tumor with tests, digital rectal examination, and biopsies in order to postpone active cancer therapies like radiation therapy and surgical removal of the prostate,... 

If you are a man who is concerned about prostate health, you should know that there are 16 different supplements that you can add to your diet. That’s quite a lot to choose from. However, the first one you should start with is beta-sitoserol. This is the main active ingredient found in the saw palmetto and pyguem herbs. Neither of these herbs do not have enough of it to be of any real value though. It can be found in sugar cane pulp which is sold in capsules. Doses of 300 – 600 mg give you an... 

Do you know that coffee consumption can really help men to reduce the risk of prostate cancer? Today the US population drinks 400 million cups of coffee every day. Years passed and thousands of different studies were done examining coffee’s influence on health. Overall, many consider coffee is harmful but it turned out that it is healthful. A lot of good comes when drinking it. It was discovered that coffee can boost mood, stop headaches and also precludes cavities. The studies were made...