Prostate News Archive
30-Nov-2006
World Leaders In Prostate Cancer Genetics Come Together For International Conference 28th - 30th Of November 2006 (Medical News Today)
This week experts from The Institute of Cancer Research, Europe's leading cancer research centre, will host the second international meeting to discuss the issues around targeted prostate cancer screening in men at increased risk of the disease. The meeting will bring together European Union (EU) candidate countries and new member states. [click link for full article] Aeterna prostate treatment accepted by FDA (Pharmaceutical Business Review)
Aeterna Zentaris has said its initial new drug application of cetrorelix for patients with enlarged prostate has been accepted by the FDA. Webcast to show robotic prostate surgery (Wausau Daily Herald)
MARSHFIELD Marshfield Clinic and Saint Josephs Hospital will present a Webcast at 4 p.m. Dec. 6 to demonstrate a less invasive way to remove the prostate. Saint Josephs in Marshfield has started offering robot-assisted radical prostatectomy, and the Webcast will feature a procedure that previously was recorded. Urologists Drs. Gregory Anderson and Michael Seelen, medical oncologist Dr. Seth Gene that regulates ageing process also protects against prostate cancer (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
Washington, Nov. 28 (ANI): Scientists at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, have found that a gene that regulates the ageing process also helps prevent the growth of prostate cancer cells. The scientists, led by Kimmel Cancer Centre director Dr. Richard Pestell, hope that their findings will help understand how exactly prostate cancer develops, and lead to new drugs against the disease.
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