Prostate News Archive
16-Apr-2007
New imaging method shows whether treatment for advanced prostate cancer is working (EurekAlert!)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a new imaging technique that can measure the effectiveness of treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to the bones. The technique involves measuring diffusion of water within tumors. Free screenings to check men for prostate cancer (The Indianapolis Star)
Free prostate cancer screening tests will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Zion Apostolic Church, 4900 E. 38th St., as part of a tribute to the Rev. Charles Williams, who lost his life to the disease. Lower educational level makes some men more vulnerable to the effects of prostate cancer (News-Medical-Net)
Among men who have received similar treatments for prostate cancer, those with less education , particularly those who did not graduate from high school , experience a significant drop in their quality of life after treatment compared with men who have more education, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). Method to screen prostate cancer less effective than believed (EARTHtimes.org)
Stockholm- A common method used to diagnose localised prostate cancer, one of the more common cancers among men, may be less effective than previously believed, researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet said. Researchers measured concentrations o...
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