Separate Chinese lines for prostate cancer?

Human prostate cancer cell lines.

Synergistic Anticancer Effect of Paclitaxel and Noscapine on Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

Paclitaxel is the one of the most common chemotherapeutic drugs used for the treatment of prostate cancer. However, its current clinical utility has been limited due to numerous serious side effects and drug resistance. Noscapine is an antitussive opium alkaloid that showed antitumor activity against a variety of cancer while has not exhibited severe side effects. This study investigates the a...

Synergistic Anticancer Effect of Paclitaxel and Noscapine on Human Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

Paclitaxel is the one of the most common chemotherapeutic drugs used for the treatment of prostate cancer. However, its current clinical utility has been limited due to numerous serious side effects and drug resistance. Noscapine is an antitussive opium alkaloid that showed antitumor activity against a variety of cancer while has not exhibited severe side effects. This study investigates the a...

Effects of Copper Nanoparticles in Prostate Normal and Cancer Cell Lines

 Background and purpose: In clinical treatment of cancer, improving the efficacy of drugs and targeted drug delivery have always been a fundamental problem requiring more focused solutions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the protective effects of copper nanoparticles in prostate normal and cancer cell lines. Materials and methods: In this experimental study, different concentrati...

Do African-American men need separate prostate cancer screening guidelines?

BACKGROUND In 2012, the United States Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending that male U.S. residents, irrespective of race, no longer be screened for prostate cancer. In African American men, the incidence of prostate cancer is almost 60 % higher and the mortality rate is two to three times greater than in Caucasians. The purpose of this study is to reduce African ...