ExAblate Robotic Acoustic Surgery system used for prostate cancer treatment
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in hifu | No Comments »InSightec Ltd., the global leader in MR guided focused ultrasound technology announced today 31th of August 2010 that its ExAblate(R) system has been used for the first time for the treatment of prostate cancer patients. Accoeding to the statement, seven patients ...
Researchers see potential in prostate-cancer-fighting vaccines
Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »For decades, scientists have been trying to create vaccines to recruit the body’s immune system to destroy cancer cells the way it wipes out foreign viruses and bacteria. After many false starts, it appears their research is beginning to pay off. ...
New cancer drug will prolong lives
Sunday, August 29th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Vancouver researchers of the Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital have developed a new cancer-fighting drug that will prolong the life of patients with advanced prostate cancer, doubling their life expectancy compared with a decade ago. The drug, called OGX-011, works ...
Canadian practice guideline does NOT recommend HIFU
Saturday, August 28th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is legally available in Canada as a method for the treatment of prostate cancer. However, a new Canadian practice guideline states that, “HIFU cannot currently be recommended as an alternative to accepted curative treatment approaches for ...
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer
Friday, August 27th, 2010 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »A research team reviewed currently available data on the role of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in the management of early stage, high-risk prostate cancer. Researchers focus the majority of their attention on the value of adjuvant and neoadjuvant ADT in ...
Safer cancer treatment for patients in Singapore
Thursday, August 26th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Doctors at the National University Hospital in Singapore, claim to have become the first in Southeast Asia to treat prostate, cervical and breast cancers using High-dose-rate (HDR) Brachytherapy. Coupled with 3-D imaging using CT scans and MRIs, the result is a ...
Your genes just aren’t enough to define your risk
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer risks | No Comments »According to a study published in July issue of Genomic Medicine, it is all too easy to want to believe that prostate cancer (and other forms of cancer) might be like one of the truly heritable diseases that are utterly ...
HCG adds HIFU, a minimally invasive procedure, to treat prostrate cancer
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in hifu | No Comments »HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), South Asia's largest cancer care network which has been pioneering non-invasive treatment protocols in cancer treatment, today added High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) - an acoustic ablation technique - to its offering portfolio for treatment ...
Study provides new information on prostate cancer care costs
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A team that reviewed early stage prostate-cancer cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database.has revealed that short-term and long-term costs of prostate cancer care vary considerably based on which treatment strategy a man initially receives. The study ...
The case of robot-assisted surgery
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »Tthis week’s issue of New England Journal of Medicine provides an article that addresses the rapid increase in the number of robot-assisted surgical procedures carried out in the US between 2005 and 2008. The article focuses in particular in the significant ...