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05/17/2017

Many vs Cancer, the First Major Global Crowdfunding Initiative to Defeat Prostate Cancer, Launches Today

LOS ANGELES, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced the launch of Many vs Cancer (MvC), its first global fundraising initiative that is harnessing the collective power of those touched by prostate cancer with the scientists working to defeat it. MvC aims to empower patients,... Read More

05/17/2017

Study finds genetic difference in prostate cancer in African-Americans

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute News Release May 17,2017 The genomic discovery may partly explain why prostate cancer is more aggressive in black men Scientists say more blacks and other under-represented groups should be included in genomic studies to enable precision medicine  BOSTON –– A new genomic study has identified prostate cancer... Read More

05/11/2017

Scientists Identify Biomarkers to Guide Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer

University of California San Francisco News Release May 11, 2017 A test commonly used in breast cancer has been found to also identify which patients with aggressive prostate cancer will benefit from hormonal therapy, according to a study led by scientists at UC San Francisco and the University of Michigan.... Read More

05/08/2017

Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment Failure Due to Cell Reprogramming

New York, NY (May 4, 2017)—Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have discovered a molecular mechanism that reprograms tumor cells in patients with advanced prostate cancer, reducing their response to anti-androgen therapy. The findings, based on a study in mice, could help to determine which patients should avoid anti-androgen therapy... Read More

05/02/2017

Why has checkpoint immunotherapy been ineffective in treating prostate cancer?

Checkpoint immunotherapy, the relatively new type of cancer treatment making headlines for being able to seemingly cure some patients with melanoma and other cancers, has been notoriously ineffective in prostate cancer.  At the 2017 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, Dr. Padmanee Sharma presented the discovery of at... Read More

04/20/2017

Tumor-targeting CAR T cell immunotherapy finally works in solid tumors; soon to be in trials for prostate cancer

Immune cells that are genetically engineered with designer molecules to recognize and kill cancer cells may sound like an episode of science fiction, and for solid tumors, they used to be – until now.  At the 2017 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, City of Hope National Cancer... Read More

04/14/2017

PCF Position: USPSTF Improves Draft Recommendation for Prostate Cancer Screening

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) commends and applauds the Task Force on the proposed revised guidelines and its emphasis on shared decision-making between a patient and clinician. After draft evidence reviews on screening for prostate cancer the Task Force determined that “potential benefits and harms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)–based screening... Read More

03/29/2017

Study provides path for new immunotherapy approaches to prostate cancer

MD Anderson News Release 03/27/2017 Prostate cancer, notoriously resistant to immunotherapy due to its immunologically cool nature, triggers two pathways to chill an immune attack after one immunotherapy drug fires up the immune system, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Nature Medicine. Based on... Read More

03/29/2017

2017 AACR-Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Award Recipients

The Prostate Cancer Foundation Scholar-in-Training Awards recognize promising young cancer researchers presenting outstanding proffered papers relating to advanced prostate cancer at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting. The Prostate Cancer Foundation is one of 18 organizations sponsoring this highly competitive awards program in conjunction with the AACR.... Read More

03/23/2017

A new approach to target an ‘undruggable’ prostate cancer driver

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — New research suggests a novel strategy to target a genetic anomaly that occurs in half of all prostate cancers. When the genes TMPRSS2 and ERG relocate on a chromosome and fuse together, it’s an on-switch for prostate cancer development. But ERG has proven to be a... Read More