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Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer: is a cancer in a man's prostate, a small walnut-sized gland that produces seminal fluid. Some types of prostate cancer grow slowly, and other types are aggressive and require radiation, hormone therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, or other treatments.
SEP 30, 2015 | 10:30 AM
The management of prostate cancer (PCa) continues to evolve and does so at a rapid rate. Research and technological developments continue to refine our definitions and management of this comp...
SEP 30, 2015 | 9:00 AM
The burgeoning area of molecular risk assessment (gene expression profiling and/or proteomic tests) in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer is rapidly illuminating how clinicians mi...
SEP 30, 2015 | 7:30 AM
The landscape for treatment options in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer has changed dramatically since 2010. There have been more therapies approved since 2010 than in the prio...
SEP 30, 2015 | 7:30 AM
We have been developing methods to target drugs specifically to pathologic cells, thereby avoiding collateral toxicity to healthy cells. In the case of cancer, we have exploited up-regulation...
SEP 30, 2015 | 6:00 AM
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:1. Enhanced audience understanding regarding the controversy surrounding prostate cancer screening using the PSA blood test and use of the American Uro...
MAY 14, 2015 | 6:00 AM
Cancer is complex, but recent findings are yielding a greater understanding of the disease. The tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are implicated in breast, ovarian, prostate, and other c...
MAY 13, 2015 | 1:30 PM
Perhaps the greatest surprise of genetic studies of human disease is that 90% of top-scoring disease-associated loci lie outside protein-coding regions. This has increased the urgency of mapp...
OCT 30, 2014 | 10:30 AM
Uncovering the genetic lesions underpinning cancer through genomic profiling in a clinical setting could provide insights into possible treatment options for oncologists and their patients. N...
OCT 29, 2014 | 3:00 PM
Over the last decade we have witnessed tremendous advances in our understanding of the underlying molecular alterations in human cancer. This has stimulated excitement for our ability to deve...
