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Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute A new study published online today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that one third of the most popular cancer treatment articles on social media contain misinformation. Further, the vast majority of that misinformation has the potential to harm cancer patients by supporting approaches that could negatively impact the quality of their treatment and chances for survival. The study also showed that articles containing misinformation garner more attention and engagement than articles with evidence-based information. The internet is a major...

email article A prognostic risk estimator that incorporates genomic data and clinical factors could allow for the elimination of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in some men with intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer following radiation therapy (RT), a researcher reported. In a retrospective validation study involving nearly 750 men who received dose-escalated RT, those with a combined clinical cell-cycle risk (CCR) score below a cutoff of 2.112 had a 10-year risk of distant metastasis of just 4.1%, regardless of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) risk group, while thos...

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer 8 years ago and now he’s on a mission to help find a cure elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0     POCATELLO, Idaho (East Idaho News) — During a routine checkup in 2008, Zach Parris’s doctor suggested he get a Prostate Specific Antigen test. It’s a blood test that determines whether you have prostate cancer. Cancer had never been an issue for the 49-year-old Pocatello resident or anyone in his family and he had always been healthy, so he was a little surprised at his doctor’s recommendation. Men 50 and older have an increased chance of gettin...