GAPNA 2022
Case Studies: Atypical Presentation of Severe Illness in Older Adults
Author describes symptoms of life threatening illness that might be mistaken for a normal part of the aging process in older patients.
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Men's Health Information Center
Aggressive treatment not beneficial for metastatic prostate cancer
For men with metastatic prostate cancer, aggressive therapy has no significant advantage over conservative androgen deprivation only treatments.
Evidence-Based Medicine
Prostate cancer screening may not reduce mortality
Level 2: Mid-level evidenceIn two recent randomized trials, prostate cancer screening did not appear to show clinically significant benefits. The large European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) evaluated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in 182,000 men with median follow-up of nine years (N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1320-1328; available at content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/360/13/1320, accessed May 12,…
Men's Health Information Center
USPSTF recommends individualized approach to prostate cancer screening
The USPSTF recommends that prostate cancer screenings should be an individual decision.
Men's Health Information Center
Understanding the Stigma Experienced by Patients With Prostate Cancer
Interview study identifies men’s perception and concerns related to their prostate cancer journey.
Evidence-Based Medicine
Risk of prostate or other cancers in men unaffected by selenium or vitamin E
Neither selenium nor vitamin E, alone or in combination, reduced the risk of prostate cancer or other cancers in men.
Web Exclusives
Coffee protective against prostate CA recurrence
Drinking coffee may lower the risk for prostate cancer recurrence and disease progression.
News
More accurate test may replace PSA
An experimental blood test detects prostate cancer so accurately that it may supplant prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels as a screening tool. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore discovered an early prostate cancer antigen (EPCA-2) that functions as a biomarker. In a sample of 330 men, EPCA-2 levels were positive in 94% of those who…
News
Prevention of prostate cancer
Men with no signs of prostate cancer should talk to their provider about taking a 5a-reductase inhibitor (5-ARI) for seven years to ward off the disease.
Web Exclusives
Reduction in number of men screened for and diagnosed with prostate cancer
In the United States, the rate of prostate cancer screening is down, and the number of men diagnosed with the disease has also dropped.
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