SARASOTA, Fla., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ — JM, a 71 year old business
executive from Tennessee, had a negative biopsy using gray scale ultrasound
despite a PSA of 7.1. The following year, the PSA rose to 11.5 prompting a
second biopsy that was negative despite adding Color Flow Doppler
Ultrasound.
At this point, the patient and all doctors in attendance were
frustrated […]

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Safeway Inc. and the Prostate Cancer Foundation to Fund Landmark Prostate Cancer Research Collaboration
S.T.A.R Program Brings Together Researchers from North America’s
Leading Prostate Cancer Centers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Safeway Inc. and the Prostate
Cancer Foundation today announced they will collectively donate $6 million
to fund the S.T.A.R. Program (for Special Team Amplification of Research),
an innovative research initiative […]

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WEBWIRE – Wednesday, October 24, 2007
ANN ARBOR, MI – The University of Michigan Center for Translational Pathology and The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and have joined forces to raise $2 million to accelerate research towards developing targeted therapies for prostate cancer. The Prostate Cancer Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic source of research funding for prostate […]

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October 1, 2007
STANDARD TREATMENT FOR PROSTATE CANCER MAY ENCOURAGE SPREAD OF DISEASE
A popular prostate cancer treatment called androgen deprivation therapy may encourage prostate cancer cells to produce a protein that makes them more likely to spread throughout the body, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests.
Although the finding could eventually lead to changes in […]

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