Prostate News Archive
03-Mar-2008
Beyond The Abstract Prostate Cancer Volume At Biopsy Predicts Clinically Significant Upgrading (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com - Despite two decades of experience, the clinical evaluation of the prostate cancer patient in the context of PSA screening remains controversial. Many patients today have a low risk of disease-related mortality, and there is no clear consensus for their optimal treatment or whether they should be treated at all. 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 (St. Clair County Journal)
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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