In today’s prostate cancer news reports we have noted items on: The Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator and its use in community practice Potential guidelines on prostate cancer management for the elderly The relative risk of single focus as compared to multifocal disease Eyre et al. have validated the accuracy of the PCPT-based Prostate Cancer Risk Calulator in the diagnosis

... . I'm not sure what I think about all this. I believe statistics show a decrease in breast cancer since we've become more aggressive about screening, and that must be attributable to something, but then again, there are likely other factors that may ... that yearly mammograms--in women without a family history of breast cancer--are somewhat excessive. I worry about radiation, for one thing, and ...

A new study in the journal Cancer says that women who have been treated for breast cancer have a higher chance of recurrence if they have “dense” breast tissue. And in fact, those with the densest tissue are four times more likely to relapse than those with less dense tissue, the study says. read more

New esophagus treatment may prevent cancer – News-Journal.com New esophagus treatment may prevent cancerNews-Journal.comBarrett's esophagus is caused by the long-term exposure of the esophagus to acid reflux associated with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease, she said. … Well tip: Heartburn drugs can make you sick – Chicago ...

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has gone public with his diagnosis of a rare form of leukemia. via Medbroadcast: Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) occurs more slowly than AML and has less effect on the development of other cell types. Chances of getting CML are one in one million for children under 10 and 1 in 10,000 for people over

According to the analysis released by American Institute for Cancer Research, there are about 100,500 new cancer cases caused by obesity every year. Different types of cancer that are linked to excess body fat: breast cancer with 33,000 cases a year, endometrial cancer with 20,700 cases a year, kidney cancer with 13,900 cases, pancreas cancer with