Men with aggressive prostate cancer that has stopped responding to conventional treatment could potentially benefit from a new class of cancer drug designed to overcome drug resistance, a new study suggests.
Dr Chris Parker, Chair of the NCRI's Prostate Cancer Clinical Studies Group, said: «There's a need to develop better tests to identify and monitor
men with aggressive prostate cancer.
Not exact matches
«Genetic association
with aggressive prostate cancer discovered: Study showed a threefold increase in the risk of
aggressive prostate cancer for
men with the genetic mutation..»
Depressed
men with localized
prostate cancer were more likely to be diagnosed
with more
aggressive prostate cancer, received less effective treatments and survived for shorter times than
prostate cancer patients who were not depressed, a UCLA study has found.
Researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford found that testing asymptomatic
men with PSA detects some disease that would be unlikely to cause any harm but also misses some
aggressive and lethal
prostate cancers.
Of greater concern were the higher rates of
prostate cancer classified as
aggressive: It developed in 6.4 % of the
men in the finasteride group, compared
with 5.1 % in the placebo group.
Patients
with aggressive prostate cancer, the second - leading cause of
cancer deaths among
men, had RNase L abnormalities too.
«For
men with prostate cancer, emotional distress may lead to more
aggressive treatment.»
«Emotional distress may motivate
men with low - risk
prostate cancer to choose more
aggressive treatment, such as choosing surgery over active surveillance,» said UB's Heather Orom, the lead author on the study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Urology.
Similarly
men with these gene variants were three times more likely to be diagnosed
with aggressive prostate cancer (Gleason 8 or more).
«These genes are found in between 6 and 14 % of
men» said Alexandre Zlotta, «This makes it one of, if not the, most common genes yet found to be associated
with aggressive prostate cancer.
Since most
men with prostate cancer have indolent (non-
aggressive) disease for which conservative therapy or surveillance would be appropriate treatment, the clinical challenge is not only how to identify those
with prostate cancer, but also how to distinguish those who would benefit from surgical or other
aggressive treatment from those who would not.
This is the first population - based study to compare the follow - up intensity of American
men with prostate cancer who have not undergone
aggressive treatment
with those who opted to undergo various forms of
aggressive therapy, such as surgery and radiation.
After following 154
men with low - risk
prostate cancer for 38 months, the investigators found that low levels of free testosterone were significantly linked
with an increased risk of developing more
aggressive disease.
Men with BRCA1 / 2 mutations who develop
prostate cancer tend to develop these
cancers at an earlier age than average and may develop more
aggressive forms of the disease.
Men with these mutations are more likely than non-carriers to contract
aggressive, lethal
prostate cancer, to be diagnosed at a more advanced stage and to ultimately die of the disease, researchers say.
Men with low - risk
prostate cancer who previously had to choose between
aggressive treatment,
with the potential for significant side effects, and active surveillance,
with the risk of disease progression, may have a new option.
Low Cholesterol May Shrink Risk for High - Grade
Prostate Cancer Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high - grade prostate cancer, an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborativ
Prostate Cancer Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high - grade prostate cancer, an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative
Cancer Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those
with higher levels to develop high - grade
prostate cancer, an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborativ
prostate cancer, an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative
cancer, an
aggressive form of the disease
with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Although
men with prostate cancer usually respond to standard treatment
with hormone therapy or chemotherapy, many will eventually experience progression or recurrence despite treatment — particularly those
with high - risk or
aggressive forms of the disease.
While
men with the more
aggressive form of the
cancer make up about 5 % of the 180,000 to 200,000 cases of
prostate cancer in the U.S. each year, and only 12 % will have these mutations, that population is still at considerably higher risk of developing advanced disease.
The findings also hint that in coming years, it may be possible to use the panel not just among
men with advanced disease but to distinguish between
men who develop the slower growing type of
prostate cancer from the more
aggressive type.
Men with prostate cancer who have had a past infection
with the sexually transmitted germ Trichomonas vaginalis are at higher risk of having an
aggressive form of
cancer compared to
prostate cancer patients who have never had the STD, a new study suggests
Men with a variant may develop earlier and more
aggressive prostate cancer.
The researchers looked at one hundred seventy - seven
men with an
aggressive form of
prostate cancer who had submitted to prostatectomies and were at high risk for recurrence.
The researchers concluded that
men with a PSA level above 2 ng / ml at age 60 should be considered at increased risk of
aggressive prostate cancer and should continue to be screened regularly.