Prostate News Archive
22-Mar-2011
Costlier Prostate Cancer Treatments Gain Popularity
Newer technologies for treating prostate cancer have surged in popularity in the last decade -- and they have come with a hefty price tag, according to a report published this week Prostate cancer takes toll in the bush
Research has found men from the bush are more likely to die of prostate cancer than their city counterparts. Prostate Cancer - Rural Australian Men Less Likely To Survive
Survival rates for prostate cancer are poorer for rural men than urban men, according to a study in the Medical Journal of Australia. The study by Associate Professor Peter Baade, from Cancer Council Queensland, and colleagues, showed an overall increase in rates of prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening and radical prostatectomy, reductions in mortality and improvements in survival ... Local doctors using GPS in treating prostate cancer
A prostate cancer treatment available in Oklahoma allows doctors to track a patient's tumor and provide stronger, better-targeted radiation that spares healthy tissue.
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