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A urine test based on University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center research could have avoided one third of unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies while failing to detect only a small number of cancers, according to a validation study that included more than 1,500 patients. The findings appear in the March issue of the
Journal of Urology.
The MyProstateScore test, which is being commercialized by LynxDX, a U-M startup company, measures levels of cancer-specific genes in a patient s urine. It is based on U-M research that discovered that half of all prostate tumors harbor a certain genetic anomaly in which the genes TMPRSS2 and ERG relocate on a chromosome and fuse together creating an on-switch for prostate cancer development.
1,300 prostate tumor samples studied Immunotherapy-based precision medicine clinical trials being developed
CHICAGO - Black men die more often of prostate cancer yet, paradoxically, have greater survival benefits from immunotherapy treatment. A new Northwestern Medicine study discovered the reason appears to be an increase of a surprising type of immune cell in the tumor. The findings could lead to immune-based precision medicine treatment for men of all races with localized aggressive and advanced prostate cancer.
In the new study, Northwestern scientists showed tumors from Black men and men of African ancestry have an increased proportion of a special immune cell called plasma cells compared to the tumors of white men. A research team lead by Dr. Edward Schaeffer, chair of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Medicine, found this increase in plasma cells correlated with improved cancer survival following surgery and identify plas
Atlanta Hawks Foundation seeks to raise cancer awareness during Black History Month
Atlanta Hawks Foundation raising cancer awareness
During Black History Month, the foundation is working to change the stigma around prostate cancer, specifically within the African-American community.
ATLANTA - Going to the doctor and talking about health can be tricky when it comes to men and that’s why the Atlanta Hawks Foundation is working to change the stigma.
This year the foundation is using Black History Month to raise awareness of prostate cancer, specifically within the African American community.
Statiscally, 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
Experts fear thousands of Australians are unaware they could have cancer because they ve avoided seeing their doctor due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Almost 150,000 fewer Australians than usual were tested for cancer during the height of the pandemic in 2020.
Now, some of Australia s biggest cancer charities, have teamed up for the first time for the campaign New Normal, Same Cancer to urge anyone with any symptoms to stop putting off seeing their GP.
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Melbourne disability support worker Jemma Katz, 23, was diagnosed with Hodgkin s Lymphoma at the end of 2019.(Supplied)
CEO of government organisation Cancer Australia, Prof Dorothy Keefe, said it s important people don t wait any longer to get help.