State-of-the-art prostate cancer treatment and research. A report from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
Prostate cancer is a devastating disease that will be diagnosed in approximately 200,000 men in 2001. New methods for screening, prevention, and treatment are being developed. In addition, novel agents for the treatment of resistant prostate cancer are being developed in clinical trials. This review summarizes the recent efforts in diet, screening, novel systemic therapies, and alternative medicine for prostate cancer.
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Department of Medicine, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005544:Forecasting; D019254:Genes, bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016233:Immunotherapy, Active; D007372:Interferons / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D009919:Orchiectomy; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012106:Research; D012176:Retinoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D013997:Time Factors
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010936:Plant Extracts; D012176:Retinoids; C114209:herbal preparation PC-SPES; D013739:Testosterone; D007372:Interferons; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen