Prostate News Archive
09-Jul-2011
ZERO Preserves Federal Funds for Prostate Cancer Research
Contact: Melissa Kadish, melissa@zerocancer.org, +1-202-303-3104 Prostate cancer screening can save a life
The Phillips County Hometown Health Improvement Coalition and the University of Arkansas for Medical Science?s Cancer Control Program are having their 6th annual prostate cancer screenings for men of 35 years and older on Saturday July 16th and are encouraging the male gender to ?turn out and save their lives.? Medicare Will Pay for Prostate Cancer Drug
THURSDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- The cost of Provenge, an expensive and newly approved therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine, will be covered by Medicare for men with metastatic prostate cancer, the agency announced late Thursday. Prostate cancer 3rd most common in S'pore
prostate cancer has climbed from being the fifth to the third most-common cancer among men in Singapore in just five years - although the survival chances are also higher if it is detected early. More than 500 men are diagnosed with this killer disease each year, compared to fewer than 20 a year four decades ago.
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