Sentences with phrase «with aggressive prostate cancer»
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.
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In 2002, at age 48, I was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer.
Rather than elevated Testosterone being associated with prostate cancer, it is LOW testosterone that is associated with aggressive prostate cancer with poor outcome.
«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..»
Patients with aggressive prostate cancer, the second - leading cause of cancer deaths among men, had RNase L abnormalities too.
«This is proof - of - principle that we can identify metabolites, or panels of metabolites, that might be correlated with aggressive prostate cancer versus slower - growing prostate cancer,» Chinnaiyan said.
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.
«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.
Similarly men with these gene variants were three times more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer (Gleason 8 or more).
The researchers, led by Dr Alexandre R. Zlotta, of the Lunenfeld - Tanenbaum Research Institute (Toronto, Canada) and Paul Boutros (Ontario Institute for Cancer Research) intensively searched for small single - point inherited mutations in the whole Kallikrein region, in a large group of 1858 men with aggressive prostate cancer (defined as having a Gleason score above 8).
I was diagnosed — through a number of tests beyond PSA levels — with an aggressive prostate cancer, which has been successfully treated by surgery.
In 2002, at age 48, I was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer.