Prostate News Archive
04-Jul-2007
Medical Mailbag: When to check for prostate cancer (Daily Southtown)
Dr. Malloy answers questions about prostate cancer, bottled water and breast cancer, and pneumonia. Researchers To Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Methods (Science Daily)
Pioneering research to increase the accuracy of prostate cancer diagnoses has earned Rutgers University and its collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania $822,000 in research grants. The methods being developed use powerful high resolution MRI and computer-aided diagnosis techniques to reveal previously hidden cancerous tissue in prostate glands. Boston Scientific Purchases Prostate Treatment Technology from Celsion Corporation (The San Francisco Examiner)
NATICK, Mass. ( Map ) - Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX ) today announced that it has purchased technology for treating symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, often referred to as enlarged prostate) from Celsion Corporation (Amex: CLN), following approval of the acquisition by Celsion stockholders at the company's annual meeting on June 13. The purchase consists primarily of the ... Dairy may protect smokers from prostate cancer - study (Nutraingredients.com)
7/2/2007 - Increased intake of dairy foods may cut the risk of smokers developing prostate cancer by about 40 per cent, suggests a new study from the US. Real-time Elastography For Detecting Prostate Cancer: Preliminary Experience (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com- prostate cancer tissue is of greater cell density than benign tissue and thus has altered elasticity. Elastography is a strain imaging technique that provides an assessment of tissue elasticity. Real-time elastography (RTE) visualizes displacements between ultrasound (US) image pairs of tissue under compression. Dr. [click link for full article]
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