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Fade Fave: Quality of life three years after diagnosis of localised prostate cancer: population based cohort study
Fade Skinny: Survival after diagnosis of prostate cancer has increased substantially in the past two decades. Five year relative survival for localised prostate cancer is almost 100% in Australia and the United States. Observational studies show that different treatment options offer nearly equal survival rates therefore, quality of life after treatment should be a major consideration in treatment decision making.
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Original post by Fade Library and software by Elliott Back

A new retrovirus, xenotropic murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV), first identified in tumor tissue of individuals with prostate cancer, was subsequently found in 68 of 101 US patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). XMRV was not detected in blood samples of 186 confirmed CFS patients in the United Kingdom. A second independent study in the UK (pdf) has also failed to reveal XMRV in CFS patients.
The subjects of this study were confirmed CFS patients from St Georgeâ??s University of London, Barts and the London Hospital Trust, and Glasgow Caledonian University. A total of 170 serum samples from CFS patients and 395 controls were used. A polymerase chain reaction assay was devised that could detect as little as 16 copies of proviral XMRV DNA (viral DNA integrated into human chro…

Original post by virology blog and software by Elliott Back

Pinpointing prostate problems – The chemical cousin of magnetic resonance imaging, MR spectroscopy, could be used to pinpoint the exact location of prostate cancers and to determine the aggressiveness of a tumour without major surgical intervention, according to research published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
“Magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy which can analyse the biochemistry rather than the physical structure of tissues could give oncologists a better way to home in on prostate cancers at the early stages of growth and so ultimately improve treatment success rates,” team leader Leo Cheng of Harvard U told me.
Twenty-year old HIV problem – Science journalists (and press officers alike) are often lambasted for using the word breakthrough, but w…

Original post by Sciencebase Science Blog and software by Elliott Back

Filed under: ResearchProstate cancer can increase a man’s odds for either suicide of fatal heart attack, according to a research group at Harvard Medical School.
A cancer diagnosis is stressful, and that stress can cause a number of changes in cardiovascular risk factors. Those, coupled with underlying health conditions, may be more likely to drive someone to suicide.
Although doctors focused on those recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, they believe that the results will be similar for patients with other types of cancer. The researchers plan to do a similar study of breast and colon cancer patients.
The researchers started with prostate cancer because they wanted to test whether the widespread use of screening using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test has made a difference….

Original post by The Cancer Blog and software by Elliott Back

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Original post by virology blog and software by Elliott Back