Prostate Cancer Risk from Vitamin E Supplements A new study found that vitamin E, once thought to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, may actually increase the risk. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in American men. Their current lifetime risk of prostate cancer is 16%. In 2011, there will be […]

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Comparing Treatments for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer In a large clinical trial, short-term hormone therapy in combination with radiation therapy proved a more effective treatment than radiation therapy alone for men with intermediate-risk, early-stage prostate cancer. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing has enabled earlier diagnosis of prostate cancer. But treatments for prostate cancer were mostly developed and […]

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