Prostate News Archive
28-Apr-2007
Protein could boost prostate cancer screening accuracy (Cancerfacts.com)
SEATTLE ? April 25, 2007 ? A newly discovered blood protein could change the way men are screened for prostate cancer with a simple-to-use blood test, researchers say. New Blood Test For Prostate Cancer (CBS News)
An experimental blood test for prostate cancer seems to work better than the current PSA test ? and can tell whether the cancer is spreading. A Promising New Screen for Prostate Cancer (US News & World Report)
The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, used to screen for prostate cancer, is imperfect. It often flags conditions that turn out to be benign, resulting in unnecessary biopsies for more than a million men every year, and it misses other cases of cancer entirely. So the search is on for a better way to find the disease and avoid needless bother and pain for those who don't have it. A pioneer in prostate cancer surgery (Baltimore Sun)
Walsh of Hopkins developed technique to spare nerves For many years, prostate cancer surgery was feared because it almost always resulted in loss of sexual function and urinary control. That began to change 25 years ago yesterday, when Dr. Patrick Walsh of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine tried out a new technique designed to spare the nerves that control these functions.
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