Health
Swedes enjoy world-class healthcare—when they get it
Asia Nader didn't know whether to worry more about being diagnosed with a hole in her heart at the age of 21, or having to wait a year for Swedish doctors to fix it.
Sep 3, 2018
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News tagged with prostate surgery
Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer treatment can wait for most men, study finds
Researchers have found long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer is a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation.
Mar 12, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Research breakthrough could lead to better prostate cancer treatment
Cancer researchers from the University of Glasgow and Royal Philips Cancer researchers have identified a gene which could help doctors to predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer in patients.
Nov 19, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Vitamin D may keep low-grade prostate cancer from becoming aggressive
Taking vitamin D supplements could slow or even reverse the progression of less aggressive, or low-grade, prostate tumors without the need for surgery or radiation, a scientist will report today.
Mar 22, 2015
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Surgery
Hand-held robot points to less invasive prostate surgery
Vanderbilt collaborators focused on minimally invasive prostate surgery are developing an endoscopic robotic system with two-handed dexterity at a much smaller scale than existing options.
Jul 19, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer ultrasound treatment as effective as surgery or radiotherapy
Using high energy ultrasound beams to destroy prostate cancer tumours may be as effective as surgery or radiotherapy, but with fewer side effects.
Jul 5, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Surgeon uses 3D model of patient's prostate to restore sense of touch to robotic surgery
At the London Clinic, Professor of Urology Prokar Dasgupta successfully removed a prostate cancer tumour from a patient, 65-year old Mr Alexander Spyrou from London, using an exact replica of the patient's prostate, complete ...
Mar 1, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers study new treatment for pancreatic cancer
If the American Cancer Society's projections prove accurate, more people will die from pancreatic cancer than from breast, brain, ovarian or prostate cancer this year.
Jun 14, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Surgery unnecessary for many prostate cancer patients
Otherwise healthy men with advanced prostate cancer may benefit greatly from surgery, but many with this diagnosis have no need for it. These conclusions were reached by researchers after following a large group of Scandinavian ...
Dec 13, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives
A major 20-year study provides further evidence that prostate cancer surgery offers negligible benefits to many men with early-stage disease. In such men, who account for most cases of newly diagnosed prostate cancer, surgery ...
Jul 12, 2017
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