Prostate News Archive
02-Mar-2008
Biolitec First-Half Net Rises 16% on Prostate Treatment Sales (Bloomberg.com)
Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Biolitec AG, a German maker of surgical and cosmetic lasers, said first-half profit gained 16 percent on sales of products to treat prostate disorders and spider veins. Biomarker detects prostate cancer spread (UPI)
A biomarker with close to 98 percent accuracy helps predict if a patient's prostate cancer may spread into his lymph nodes, U.S. researchers say. Common Variations In Gene Segments That Increase The Risk For Prostate Cancer (Science Daily)
Researchers report that a set of genetic variations in at least four regions of DNA strongly predicts prostate cancer risk and that these variations may be responsible for a large number of prostate cancer cases in white men in the United States. Researchers are scanning the entire human genome to identify common, inherited gene variations that increase the risks for breast and prostate cancers. ... Prostate support group to meet at McLaren (The Flint Journal)
FLINT - Dr. Richard Mills will speak on the new "Advance Male Sling" for incontinence at the next prostate education and support group meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Ballenger Auditorium, McLaren Regional Medical Center, 401 S. Ballenger Highway, Flint. St. Clair County Health Department offers prostate cancer tests (Collinsville Herald)
The St. Clair County Health Department, a member of the prostate Cancer Alliance, will provide two prostrate cancer education tests and a free prostate-specific antigen blood test to men over 40, along with a brief education session on prostrate cancer. The PSA test is used to screen and detect prostate cancer in its earliest stages.
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