Prostate News Archive
19-Aug-2007
Prostate cancer pamphlets may encourage screening (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Providing easy-to-read educational handouts to men can encourage discussion about prostate cancer and increase screening for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a standard test used to detect an increased risk of prostate cancer, new research suggests. But, the use of these educational materials does not make men more inclined to undergo rectal examination, which can also detect ... Striking Out Prostate Cancer event is today (Evansville Courier & Press)
"Striking Out prostate Cancer' at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Evansville Marriott. Red Schoendienst, Lou Brock and Whitey Herzog will be featured. EDAP Announces Launch of Clinical Study Combining HIFU and Chemotherapy for Localized Aggressive High Risk Prostate ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
EDAP TMS S.A. , the global leader in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment of prostate cancer, is currently conducting clinical investigations in France under an approved clinical trial combining the company's Ablatherm-HIFU device with chemotherapy using docetaxel. Discovery Will Allow Physicians To Individualize Treatment For Prostate Cancer Patients (Medical News Today)
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified the first immune molecule that appears to play a role in prostate cancer development and in predicting cancer recurrence and progression after surgery. The report on the B7-H3 molecule by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center appears in Cancer Research. [click link for full article]
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