Prostate News Archive
31-Mar-2009
BioImagene Launches New Ki-67 Algorithm for Prostate Image Analysis (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CUPERTINO, Calif.----BioImagene, the leading provider of innovative digital pathology solutions today announced the launch of a new Ki-67 prostate image analysis algorithm. The algorithm, which is part of VirtuosoTM, a comprehensive suite of web-based software applications for digital pathology, is used to detect and provide quantitative measurement of the protein biomarker Ki-67. Better Prostate Screening Test Needed As Studies Cast Doubt (Medical News Today)
Two recent studies confirm longstanding concerns about the wisdom of widespread prostate cancer screening using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test. The two studies found that the popular PSA test save few lives and often lead to risky and unnecessary treatments for large numbers of men. Significance Of Preoperative HbA1c Level In Patients With Diabetes Mellitus And Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer (Medical News Today)
UroToday.com - In the online version of The Prostate, a group of Korean investigators linked pre-radical prostatectomy (RP) hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) and tumor aggressiveness. The retrospective study analyzed the records of 740 men with prostate cancer (CaP) who underwent RP for clinically localized disease. Praise for broadcaster over prostate cancer (NZCity)
30 March 2009 A sports broadcaster is being praised for speaking out about having prostate cancer. Phil Gifford says the disease was caught early because he was having regular check-ups, and a blood test detected the early signs. Gifford talks about prostate cancer (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Radio Network station Radio Sport is putting the focus on prostate cancer this morning.
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