Archives: June 2016

• Radiation, Androgen Deprivation Not Best Option For All Prostate Cancers

  June 25, 2016
  While a number of studies have shown that androgen deprivation therapy combined with radiation can provide a powerful one-two punch to treat prostate cancer, this combination option may not be right in all cases. A recent study shows that men with unfavorable-risk prostate cancer who have other medical concerns, such as a prior heart attack, do not enjoy an...read more

• Better Genetic Data Could Help With a Cancer Cure

  June 14, 2016
  As the federal government embarks on its moonshot to cure cancer, researchers are clamoring for a bit of additional assistance. They say greater availability to study variant genes in human DNA could enable them to more clearly understand the disease while also being able to better tell who might be at risk. This, in turn, could lead to move...read more