Health.com: Prostate cancer screening -- should you have a PSA test?
Stressing he had heart and prostate surgery and was not in good health, she asked that any prison sentence should be suspended.
Michael Milken Michael Milken pled guilty to violating U.S. securities laws, but later turned his own health issues into a campaign for prostate cancer research.
As evidence of a need for universal health care, he cites his own friend Scott Androes who died this month of prostate cancer after he put off seeking medical attention in part due to lack of health insurance.
That's because prostate tumors tend to grow so slowly that other health problems often kill a patient first.
Perhaps it's because men are squeamish, or don't like to talk about their health or visit the doctor, but prostate cancer has long been dubbed "the Cinderella cancer".
Elsewhere, Celera Diagnostics, Abbott Labs and closely held Genomic Health also are pursuing prognostic gene tests for prostate cancer (and other tumors).
The current test, called PSA, is less than ideal and can cause men undue anxiety by showing up tumours in the prostate gland that might never go on to cause any health problem.
It is my belief that these guidelines hit the mark, that men who are concerned about prostate cancer should seek the counsel of a physician, discuss their health situation and make a decision as to whether they should be screened.
He recently launched The Louis Farrakhan Prostate Cancer Foundation as part of an effort to help those with no health care insurance get the treatment they need.
The idea for Private Health came to Mr. Michelson when he was running the Prostate Cancer Foundation, the multibillion-dollar philanthropy Michael Milken set up in 1993.
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"Death from prostate cancer, with observation, was very uncommon, " Wilt told Reuters Health.
Kerry underwent surgery for a cancerous prostate in February, but he returned to the campaign trail within weeks with a clean bill of health from his doctors.
Last month, results of the long-term Physicians' Health Study II reported that that neither vitamin E nor vitamin C supplements lower the risk of prostate cancer.
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In addition, the U.S. Preventive Care Task Force, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, says there's not enough evidence to recommend for or against prostate cancer screening men younger than 75 and recommends against prostate screenings for men 75 or older.
Brooks told Reuters Health that, in the past, nine out of ten U.S. men with a prostate cancer diagnosis have chosen aggressive treatment, frequently regretting the long-term side effects.
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