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• Pan-fried meat increases risk of prostate cancer, new study finds
  Science Daily Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:17 PM PDT
  New research indicates that how red meat and chicken are cooked may influence risk of prostate cancer. Men who ate more than 1.5 servings of pan-fried red meat per week increased their risk of advanced prostate cancer by 30 percent. Men who ate more than 2.5 servings of red meat cooked at high temperatures were 40 percent more likely to have advanced prostate cancer.
• Prostate Cancer UK watchdog revises Amgen bone drug guidance
  Reuters.co.uk Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:16 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters)
  Britain's healthcare cost watchdog has had second thoughts about using Amgen's new bone drug Xgeva, or denosumab, and now says it does not believe it should be offered on the state health service to prostate cancer patients.
• Should men get PSA screening for cancer
  Tuesday, 22 May 2012, 6:03 PM EDT Peter Ostrow Posted by: Eli George
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is officially recommending against routine PSA-based screening for prostate cancer in men of all ages. This recommendation is drawing some mixed reviews.
• New Scanning Technology Might Help Guide Prostate Cancer Care In mouse study, PSA 'tracer' showed where cancer might spread, but research in humans needed
  March 31 (HealthDay News)
  A noninvasive scan might someday help doctors track the progress of prostate cancer and help guide treatment, researchers report.
• Circumcision Linked to Lower Risk for Prostate Cancer, Study Finds But researchers can't confirm the procedure directly lowers risk of the disease
  By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News)
  Men who have prostate cancer are less likely to be circumcised, according to new research.
• Study questions proton therapy for prostate cancer
  Everett Herald Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:21 PM PST
  A warning to men considering a pricey new treatment for prostate cancer called proton therapy: Research suggests it might have more side effects than traditional radiation does.
• Prostate Cancer: Drug May Slow Early Prostate Cancer: Study
  HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:12 PM PST
  New research suggests that Avodart, a drug used to treat an enlarged prostate gland, may help slow the progression of early stage prostate cancer, reducing the need for aggressive treatment in some men.
• PSA Test for Prostate Cancer Doesn't Save Lives: Study But findings are irrelevant, one expert says
  By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter - FRIDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News)
  Annual screening for prostate cancer doesn't save lives, finds a new study that is unlikely to quell the controversy surrounding routine prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening.