Oncology & Cancer
Video: Improvements in prostate surgery
There will be approximately 299,010 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed in 2024, according to the American Cancer Society.
Jun 17, 2024
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News tagged with prostate cancer surgery
Oncology & Cancer
Glowing dye may help surgeons eradicate prostate cancer
A glowing marker dye that sticks to prostate cancer cells could help surgeons to remove them in real-time, according to a paper published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, titled "First‑in‑man ...
Jun 9, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Radioguided surgery can detect, remove metastatic lymph nodes in newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients: Study
Radioguided surgery can detect and remove metastatic pelvic lymph nodes in patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to research published in the The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Targeting the prostate-specific ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Q&A: 5 advances in cancer treatment
QUESTION: In the past year, several family members have been diagnosed with various types of cancer, including leukemia, melanoma, breast cancer and colon cancer. In talking about treatments, it seems as if there is more ...
Aug 19, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
PSMA PET imaging improves accuracy of predicting prostate cancer recurrence
A molecular imaging tool developed by researchers at the University of California's two nationally ranked medical centers, UCLA and UCSF, helps improve the accuracy of predicting the risk of cancer recurrence in patients ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Medications
Novel immunotherapy agent safe, shows promise against high-risk prostate cancers
A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive prostate cancer and may induce clinical activity against cancer throughout the body, according to a phase 2 study led by investigators ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Surgery
The perfect stitch: Designing AI to improve surgical training for better patient outcomes
When Professor Yan Liu was growing up in Changchun, China, her father wanted her to become a doctor like him. When she chose computer science, "I was a tiny bit disappointed," Xiwen Liu, a retired anesthesiologist, acknowledges.
Apr 5, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New technique reduces postoperative complications in prostate cancer surgery
Surgeons in Germany have shown a small technical change to keyhole surgery for prostate cancer can more than halve one of the most common post-operative complications—where lymphatic fluid collects in the pelvis.
Mar 12, 2023
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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
High-volume surgeons no better at reducing postoperative incontinence
In men who have had prostate cancer surgery, urinary incontinence is a common side effect. Its frequency varies from one surgeon to the next. In a major University of Gothenburg study, the number of surgeries performed by ...
Sep 9, 2022
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