New potential treatment for prostate cancer developed
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A scientific group at Melbourne's Burnet Institute claims to have developed a potential new treatment for prostate cancer patients. The team led by Associate Professor Pei Xiang Xing, head of the Burnet Institute's Cancer Immunotherapy, has produced a monoclonal antibody to a unique ...
Health Discovery Corporation Licenses New Prostate Cancer Test to Abbott
Friday, February 6th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Abbott (NYSE: ABT) to commercialize HDC’s new molecular diagnostics gene-based tests for clinically significant prostate cancer. Abbott has acquired co-exclusive clinical laboratory rights and exclusive ...
PSA, PCA3, and prostate cancer diagnosis today
Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »A new review just published in BJU International provides a current expert perspective on the roles of PSA and the much newer PCA3 test in the work-up and diagnosis of a patient suspected of prostate cancer. The entire article is ...
Incidence and severity of ED in prostate cancer patients before any treatment
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common medical problem with significant impact on quality of life. The existence of some degree of ED in patients with prostate cancer prior to treatment clearly has potential effects on outcomes of different treatments. Researchers ...
RapidArc Radiotherapy Treatments From Varian Medical Systems Used for First Time in Belgium
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A 74-year-old prostate cancer patient has become the first person in Belgium to be treated using a new, faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. The University Hospital of Leuven delivered the faster treatment using ...
Early prostate cancer better treated with brachytherapy; study
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »The results of the study of 1,006 consecutive patients treated through the British Columbia Cancer Agency's prostate brachytherapy program from 1998 to 2003 will be published in this week’s medical journal Urology. The BC Cancer Agency said 95 per cent of ...
Breast cancer genes raises prostate risks in men
Sunday, February 1st, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »The so-called breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 can raise the risk that a man who develops prostate cancer will get an aggressive form of the disease, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Certain mutations in the genes indicated a man was ...