Prostate News Archive
02-Apr-2009
Fox Chase is first cancer center in the nation to use MRI-guided biopsy to detect prostate cancer (EurekAlert!)
( Fox Chase Cancer Center ) Earlier this month, Fox Chase Cancer Center became the first hospital in North America to offer an MRI guided biopsy to detect prostate cancer using Invivo Equipment in a clinical hospital setting. Pioneering new techniques for MRI-guided prostate interventions, Fox Chase is offering a new procedure for men with elevated prostate-specific antigen levels who have had ... Nationwide screening 'could halve cases of prostate cancer' (Daily Mail)
A nationwide prostate cancer screening programme could slash cases of the disease by 54 per cent, a major study has shown. "Watchful waiting" safe for some prostate cancers (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Carefully selected men with "low-risk" prostate cancer can safely delay treatment and opt instead for active surveillance, researchers report in the April issue of The Journal of Urology. Free Community Seminar; Reviews Treatment Options For Enlarged Prostate (Medical News Today)
The causes and treatments of enlarged prostate will be the focus of a free community seminar on April 2, 2009 at 6:30pm at the Doubletree Hotel in Rosemead. Also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), this non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate affects more than half of all men over the age of 60 and more than 26 million men in the United States each year.
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