Gen-Probe Incorporated announced that the Company has begun a clinical trial intended to secure U.S. regulatory approval of its PROGENSA PCA3 assay, a new molecular test that may help determine the need for a repeat prostate biopsy. "Based on the

Patrick Walsh, M.D., author of Guide To Surviving Prostate Cancer and Distinguished Service Professor of Urology--The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, is the world's foremost authority on prostate cancer. His book provides some striking news for men: --More than 200,000 American

An increased understanding of the role of the body's immune system in the development of diseases such as prostate cancer, squamous cell carcinoma (a type of skin cancer), type 1 diabetes, autoimmune liver disease, and in the rejection of transplanted

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- U.S. scientists say they've developed a new trial drug therapy that shows promise in fighting advanced and metastatic basal cell skin cancer. Researchers at the Virginia Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare in Arizona say the trial,

Training methods for surgeons who perform breast cancer sentinel lymph node resection were found to be effective in almost 97% of surgeons assessed, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

According to recent research from the United States, "We found earlier that high-dose chemotherapy with Allo-SCT produced a tumor response in patients with chemorefractory metastatic breast cancer. In this study, we examined the efficacy and toxicity of nonmyeloablative allogeneic PBSC

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Oregon State University scientists say they've discovered some food compounds studied for an ability to prevent cancer might also be able to treat it. Researchers at the university's Linus Pauling Institute suggest some natural food compounds might