Prostate News Archive
27-Oct-2006
Prostate Surgery Made Easier: ; Urological Oncologist Brings DaVinci Surgical System to Huntington Hospital (RedNova)
By CHERYL CASWELL DAILY MAIL STAFF HUNTINGTON - Dr. James Jensen positions himself behind a cockpit- style console and works the controls of his machine like a whiz kid at a video game. Except this is no game. Medical News: Prostate Cancer, Crohn's Disease, Fighting Colds (WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
In medical news, there are questions about a common treatment for prostate cancer, new hope for people with Crohn's disease and how to fight off a cold. Facts About Prostate Cancer and Its Treatment (PhysOrg)
In 2006, about 235,000 Americans will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the most common cancer among males. If caught early, prostate cancer is very treatable and usually curable. 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. 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. 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. Hormones seen as risky regimen for prostate cancer (Boston Globe)
By researchers' estimates, more than a half-million American men with prostate cancer take drugs that radically lower their testosterone levels, effectively castrating them. Health Notes (The Arizona Republic)
Prostate oncology specialist HK scientists identify cancer-blocking protein (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Scientists in Hong Kong have identified a protein that can help suppress the growth of prostate cancer cells, the third most common cancer in men worldwide.
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