Men with early prostate cancer who choose to closely monitor their disease are just as likely to survive at least 10 years as those who have surgery or radiation, finds a major study that directly tested and compared these ...
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A mathematical model that uses four consecutive prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test results from a patient who had prostate cancer surgery can predict the time it might take for the disease to relapse, and this can help ...
Sep 2, 2016
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Imagine for a moment that you have a tiny but worrisome lung nodule or, say, a growing bulge in a crucial blood vessel. You have no choice but to continue with normal life: going to work, running errands, paying taxes, negotiating ...
Aug 2, 2016
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The first randomised controlled trial to directly compare robotic surgery with open surgery for patients with localised prostate cancer finds that robotic and open surgery achieve similar results in terms of key quality of ...
Jul 27, 2016
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In obese prostate cancer patients, robotic-assisted surgery to remove the prostate reduces the risk of blood loss and prolonged hospital stays, a Loyola Medicine study has found.
May 20, 2016
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Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have discovered that a protein produced by a cancer gene leads to the development of a deadly, late-stage form of prostate ...
Apr 1, 2016
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Choosing ongoing monitoring instead of immediate curative treatment (surgery or radiotherapy) leads to a better overall quality of life for men with low-risk prostate cancer. In fact, the Quality of life (QoL) is about the ...
Mar 14, 2016
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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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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that light reflectance spectroscopy can differentiate between malignant and benign prostate tissue with 85 percent accuracy, a finding that may lead to real-time ...
Feb 26, 2016
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For patients undergoing urologic surgery, frailty may increase their risk of experiencing complications after surgery.
Jan 19, 2016
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