News Regarding Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Treatment

July 23, 2011

For early stage prostate cancer in men with intermediate risk, a large clinical trial has found that combining short term hormone therapy with radiation therapy was more effective than radiation alone. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland found only in men that surrounds the urethra. The prostate�[...]

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Prostate Cancer – Statistics

July 12, 2011

What Is The Prostate? The prostate is a walnut-sized gland found only in the male reproductive system located between the bladder and the penis, just in front of the rectum. The urethra (the tube that carries the urine from the bladder to outside the body) runs through the center of the prostate. [...]

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Recent Cancer Statistics

June 20, 2011

The American Cancer Society has issued its recent annual report regarding cancer death rates in the United States. It is projected for the year 2011 that there will be 1,596,670 new cases of cancers diagnosed with 571,950 cancer deaths. Improvements in cancer prevention, earlier detection, and bett[...]

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