Article: Hair-loss drug may prevent prostate cancer, but serious side effects loom.

Article: NSW: Hair loss drug masks prostate ...
AAP General News (Australia);  December 7, 2006 ;     309 words ... ... 12-07-2006 NSW: Hair loss drug masks prostate cancer test: researchers SYDNEY ... to mask a common test for prostate cancer, researchers say. It can ... often the first sign of prostate cancer or other prostate problems ...

Article: Hair-loss drug may prevent prostate ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 24, 2003 ;     507 words ... ... the first drug to prevent prostate cancer, according to a study released ... men's chances of getting prostate cancer by nearly 25 percent and ... And those who did develop prostate cancer while taking the drug were ... minute levels in the hair loss drug Propecia. ___ Visit ...

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Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... newest weapon in the battle against prostate cancer, researchers announced Tuesday ... known to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of death ... reduced the chances of developing prostate cancer by 25 percent. The study, initially ...

Article: Hair-loss drug could prevent prostate ...
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... newest weapon in the battle against prostate cancer, researchers announced Tuesday ... known to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of death ... reduced the chances of developing prostate cancer by 25 percent. The study, initially ...

Article: Prostate-cancer testing changes.(News)(Brief ...
Medical Laboratory Observer;  January 1, 2007 ;     488 words ... ... the differentiation of prostate cancer from an enlarged prostate ... new test, which detects prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3), previously ... reported that the hair-loss drug Propecia interferes with prostate-cancer testing by lowering PSA ...

Article: Prostate cancer patients asked to weigh treatments
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Article: Medication may safely prevent prostate cancer: ...
Men's Health Advisor;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... risk of aggressive prostate cancer and that the majority ... this drug to prevent prostate cancer now, because the concerns ... Proscar and the hair-loss drug Propecia, is in a ... could reduce overall prostate cancer risk while seemingly ...