Prostate News Archive
21-Aug-2008
Open forum: Benefits of prostate cancer screening should outweigh risks (Gazette.Net)
It is hard to imagine that screening for early detection of prostate cancer could be harmful to certain individuals. Obese prostate cancer patients may benefit more from brachytherapy (EurekAlert!)
( American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology ) Brachytherapy, also called seed implants, may be a more beneficial treatment than surgery or external beam radiation therapy for overweight or obese prostate cancer patients, according to a study published in the August issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society ... UI cancer tip: Agent Orange exposure presents prostate cancer risk (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
Vietnam War veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange have increased risk of an aggressive form of prostate cancer. Bill being drafted on prostate cancer (Las Vegas Sun)
CARSON CITY ? At the 2007 session of the Nevada Legislature, state Sen. Bob Coffin sponsored a bill to require health insurance and health care plans to provide coverage for annual screenings for prostate cancer for men. Post-prostate surgical drug gives men a lift (C-Health)
Recovering from prostate cancer surgery doesn't have to take the steam out of men's strides -- or their love lives -- says a landmark international study co-authored by a Calgary doctor and published this month in European Urology medical journal.
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