Archives - Tuesday 12 August 2008
Study sees benefit in prostate cancer surgery
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 22:43 - http://www.reuters.com/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men with early prostate cancer who have their prostate glands surgically removed are less likely to die from the disease than those who take a more passive, wait-and-see...
U.S. hospital fears radiation dosage error
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 22:29 - http://www.ctv.ca/A Philadelphia veterans hospital says it may have given insufficient radiation treatment to more than 100 prostate-cancer patients.
Surgery Helps With Prostate Cancer, Sometimes
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 22:10 - http://empowher.com/TUESDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The latest update from a European study that has followed men with prostate cancer for more than a decade leaves the debate about the advantages of aggressive...
Prostatectomy improves outcome of some men with prostate cancer over watchful waiting
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 21:41 - http://www.physorg.com/Men with early prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy have a lower rate of death due to prostate cancer than men who are followed without treatment, known as watchful waiting, according...
Prostatectomy Edges Surveillance in Disease-Specific Mortality at 12 Years
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 21:00 - http://www.medpagetoday.com/LONDON -- Radical prostatectomy significantly reduces prostate cancer mortality compared with active surveillance for as long as 12 years, according to a large Scandinavian study of men diagnosed...
Young Men at Risk Not Getting PSA Screenings
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 20:13 - http://medheadlines.com/Duke University Medical Centers Prostate Center has just released the outcome of their survey that explored the prevalence of PSA screening tests in men younger than 50. A recent study suggesting...
VA patients in Pa. fear prostate treatment error
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 18:02 - http://www.boston.com/A Philadelphia veterans hospital says it may have given insufficient radiation treatment to more than 100 prostate-cancer patients.
VA patients in Pa. fear prostate treatment error
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 17:58 - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia veterans hospital says it may have given insufficient radiation treatment to more than 100 prostate-cancer patients.
RG Stone's HOLEP Technique gives New Life to Three Patients
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2008 - 14:39 - http://www.pr-usa.net/RG Stone Urology Centre, part of the RG Stone Hospital Chain, India's only national chain of Super Speciality hospitals for Urology & Laparoscopy etc., today announced the success of operations on...
