Prostate News

New viral-radiotherapy combination could treat prostate cancers

Scientists have developed a new viral therapy that is capable of killing prostate cancer cells, and found it is even more effective when combined with a type of radiotherapy. The team used a genetically modified strain of the vaccinia virus – the active component of the smallpox vaccine – to infect and multiply inside cancer…

Promising results for a targeted drug in advanced prostate cancer

It’s well known that defective BRCA genes can increase a woman’s chances of developing breast, ovarian, and other cancers. But these same gene changes can also increase a man’s risk of dying from prostate cancer. Now, a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has shown that men with prostate cancer who…