Prostate News Archive
24-Jan-2009
Treatments after prostate surgery reported in the Journal of Urology (EurekAlert!)
( Elsevier Health Sciences ) Although primary prostate surgery or radiotherapy is successful in many cases of prostate cancer, some patients suffer a recurrence of the disease, which is most often first detected by a measurable PSA blood test -- affecting 30 perecent to 40 percent of patients after surgery. The presence of cancer potentially outside the prostate after surgery, will affect about ... Methodist Health System Prostate Cancer Screening Program Wins Statewide Community Service Award (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Methodist Dallas Medical Center has been named the 2008 recipient of the Texas Hospital Association's Excellence in Community Service Award. The hospital is being honored for its innovative prostate cancer screening and education program. The award was presented Jan. 22 at THA's annual Leadership Conference in Austin. Radiation after prostate removal helps (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
It might take a dozen years to make a difference, but treating cancer that has spread just beyond the prostate with radiation after removing the gland increases the odds of disease-free survival, a new analysis shows.
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