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Experts debate CyberKnife for treating prostate cancer
Published on Saturday 29 November 2008 - 03:31 - http://www.contracostatimes.com/n High-tech, robotic surgical device may have more uses than originally envisioned
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Published on Saturday 29 November 2008 - 01:14 - http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/'Doctors debate new cancer treatment'WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The development of a new computerized robotic device to combat early prostate cancer is triggering intense debate among experts...
Drug proves useful in hard-to-treat BPH: study
Published on Friday 28 November 2008 - 18:26 - http://www.healthcentral.com/In men with an enlarged prostate who fail to respond to tamsulosin'(brand name Flomax), treatment with the drug naftopidil may help'alleviate common bothersome symptoms, such as having to...
Program Benefits Poor PCa Patients
Published on Friday 28 November 2008 - 14:45 - http://www.renalandurologynews.com/PROVIDING FREE care to economically disadvantaged prostate cancer patients may eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in the use of health resources related to prostate cancer, new findings suggest.
Doctors debate new cancer treatment
Published on Friday 28 November 2008 - 13:57 - http://www.upi.com/WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The development of a new computerized robotic device to combat early prostate cancer is triggering intense debate among experts over its use.
Safety and Effectiveness of Using CyberKnife on Prostate Cancer Patients Debated
Published on Friday 28 November 2008 - 05:46 - http://www.washingtonpost.com/When Georgetown University Hospital bought a new high-tech system in 2001 to treat patients with radiation, doctors at first used the computerized, robotic device only for brain and spinal tumors...
Afghanistan's great purple hope: Bring on the pomegranate
Published on Thursday 27 November 2008 - 12:50 - http://www.economist.com/The hope that a health food can defeat drugs lords and the TalibanTHE Koran mentions the pomegranate as one of the fruits found in paradise, and medical research suggests it may help those wanting...
2008 Prostate Cancer Retreat Available Online - Prostate Cancer Foundation
Published on Thursday 27 November 2008 - 10:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has made presentations from its 2008 Scientific Retreat available online. The PCF's annual retreat provides a forum to review advances in prostate cancer...
Robotic prostate cancer surgery in Michiana - Part 2: The procedure
Published on Thursday 27 November 2008 - 07:12 - http://www.wndu.com/In part two of her series, Maureen McFadden takes us inside a local operating room to detail a new robotic prostate cancer surgery that has proven to be minimally invasive and improve quality of life.
Heart-condition and cancer experts collaborate
Published on Thursday 27 November 2008 - 05:42 - http://www.laboratorytalk.com/Cardiovascular conditions leading to heart attacks and strokes are treated separately from common cancers of the prostate, breast or lung.
