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Our blogs are written by health professionals who have expertise in the field of prostate and prostate cancer. You can therefore be assured that the information provided is precise and accurate. The many topics covered are intended to help people better understand the effects of the disease, treatment options and how to improve their quality of life.

A gene responsible for hair loss could increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy
American researchers have come to understand the links between the IKZF1 gene, responsible for hair loss, and the activity of the immune system in tumors. Their results could improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy for some patients. Overcoming cancer with the help of one’s body… is not the proposal of a dubious marabout but the concept […]

Hope for lethal prostate cancer patients
Drugs being tested in clinical trials may target growth-fuelling proteins in a lethal form of aggressive prostate cancer, a study has found. A deadly form of aggressive prostate cancer may be far more common than was previously thought, research suggests. Scientists who studied 202 men whose cancers had spread and were resistant to standard treatment found […]

For men who no longer respond to hormone therapy…
The introduction of drugs to treat non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer provides an important opportunity for men who no longer respond to hormone therapy and their families. Health Canada Approves ERLEADA™* (apalutamide tablets), the First Treatment for Men with Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. ERLEADA™ decreased the risk of metastasis or death in patients by 70% and […]

When dormant cells wake up
Cancer cells can mysteriously disappear for years, and scientists are beginning to understand why. The important thing is also to understand why dormant cells wake up. New evidence suggests that cancer alternatively uses the “accelerator” and the “brake” in order to survive. If you plot the growth of prostate cancer tumour progression over years, you get […]

Scientists uncover 80 potential lines of attack against prostate cancer
UK researchers obtained genetic information from the tumours of 112 men with prostate cancer and pooled it with data from other studies, including The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)1 study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in which participated the PROCURE Biobank. Published in the prestigious scientific journal Cell in November 2015, The Cancer Genome […]

Tips and advice when chemo comes on your plate
The side effects of prostate cancer treatment can make it difficult to maintain a healthy diet. Here are some tips and advice when chemo gets on your eating plate. The different treatments can make you nauseous, cause anemia, osteoporosis, intestinal inflammation (radiation enteritis), affect your taste, lower your interest in food, or make you gain […]