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Prostate News Archive

23-Feb-2009

  • How to help patients make wiser health care choices (The Post and Courier)

    WASHINGTON ? It's one of medicine's uncomfortable truths: That blood test for prostate cancer is far from perfect. Would as many men take a PSA test if they knew?


  • When Should Prostate-Specific-Antigen (PSA) Testing Be Stopped? (Medical News Today)

    Although widespread prostate-Specific-Antigen (PSA) testing has undoubtedly decreased prostate cancer mortality, is there a point of diminishing returns? In a study published in the April 2009 issue of The Journal of Urology, researchers found that in a subgroup of elderly men, among those who were


  • Ending Prostate PSA Test Safe for Most Elderly Men (Fox News)

    Most men over age 75 can safely discontinue screening for prostate cancer with the PSA blood test, although such screening may still benefit some older men, U.S. researchers said on Friday.


  • Prostate Cancer Treatment Milestone: 1600th Patient Treated Internationally With Sonablate(R) 500 HIFU (Medical News Today)

    International HIFU, a company that makes HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) technologies available to treat prostate cancer patients at centers outside the United States, announced today that the 1600th patient has been treated outside of the United States using Sonablate® 500 minimally invasive HIFU therapy. The Sonablate® 500 is not approved for use in the U.S.


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