Prostate News Archive
25-Oct-2006
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center participates in Protox prostate cancer study (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Protox Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, following Institutional Review Board approval, has initiated treatment of its first patient in the Company's ongoing Phase I clinical trial using PRX302 for localized recurrent prostate cancer. M. D. Prostate surgery shows promise (Joyce Howard Price / THE WASHINGTON TIMES) (The Washington Times)
A procedure nicknamed "male lumpectomy" shows promise as a primary treatment for prostate cancer with a lower risk of impotence and little or no risk of urinary incontinence, according to a report. Delaware Urologic Associates Launches Website to Offer New Treatment Info Online (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
There's a new website offering treatment information and professional advice to those of us faced with the need to look into treatment options for a variety of urological conditions... from Erectile Dysfunction, Urinary Incontinence and No-Scalpel Vasectomies to Benign Prostate Hyperplasia, Urinary infections, Kidney Stones and even Prostate Cancer. Nelson-Mullin: Run Part II for Warriors (USA Today)
One morning in late July, the second-winningest coach in NBA history was basking in retirement on a bench in front of his Paia, Maui, beach cottage. Don Nelson was decked out in a Hawaiian shirt, sipping coffee, smoking a cigar and contemplating the day's golf and poker games when his cellphone rang. The debate continues over how to treat prostate cancer in older men (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Overtreated? When Albert G. Mumma Jr. was told in January that he had prostate cancer, his first thought was to get it cut out. "Most people have that same feeling," said Mumma, 78. But he soon found out that doctors were not willing to do surgery like he wanted. Gott: Obesity complicates prostate cancer (Kane County Chronicle)
Dear Dr. Gott: I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. I am 66 years old, have a Gleason of 6, PSA 1.3 and stage 1c. My urologist suggests "seeds." The radiology oncologist recommends surgery first, external beam radiation second. EDAP TMS S.A. Adds to Clinical Depth; Recent Studies Confirm Repeatability of Outcomes, Lower Side Effects for (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
EDAP TMS S.A. , the global leader in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound treatment of prostate cancer, announced the publication of three new articles further confirming the company's position as the preeminent provider of HIFU therapy for localized prostate cancer. EDAP TMS S.A. Adds to Clinical Depth; Recent Studies Confirm Repeatability of Outcomes, Lower Side Effects for (FinanzNachrichten)
LYON, France, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDAP TMS S.A. ( Nachrichten ), the global leader in High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of prostate cancer, announced the publication of three new articles further confirming the company's position as the preeminent provider of HIFU therapy for localized prostate cancer. VA offers to test patients who had prostate biopsies (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis is taking precautions because it recently learned that it was not properly disinfecting a prostate biopsy tool. Although a hospital official said the risk of infection was small, about 800 patients who have had biopsies over the past six years received letters and were offered to be tested for HIV and hepatitis. "We want to make very sure that we Misonix Brings Visually Directed HIFU for Prostate Cancer Treatment to Spain (RedNova)
Misonix, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSON), a developer of ultrasonic medical device technology for the treatment of cancer and other chronic health conditions, today announced that it has expanded its European High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ("HIFU") business with its entry into Spain.
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