According to the study, statins are lowering the PSA levels, but the concern is whether or not this could be hiding or clouding the issues and cancer could be potentially missed in the diagnosis as they are not sure if this is lowering the test numbers or if it is in fact helping in the prevention of...
The tool is designed for use by doctors and will still need to go through clinical trials to determine accuracy and effectiveness. This is a joint effort and will be tested at Harvard Medical School and the Cleveland Clinic. Radiation oncologists and urologists are the targeted physicians...
This procedure is not approved for us in the US. It is not inexpensive either at 25-30K per procedure, but good money for the physicians getting paid from 5-7k for their work. There are opinions on both sides of the fence and like anything else today, there has not been one cure all that works...
What a news flash here! I can see this one potentially becoming an event between couples, “honey I’m going to get cancer if I don’t get enough sex, so help me out ”…(grin). The study indicates that more than once a week is required to potentially remain outside the “risk” zone and that 3...
The treatments are delivered with just one 360 degree rotation, the machine moves around the patient. It is also helpful for those patients who have a hard time lying still for long time increments. The time spent by patients for treatment is dramatically decreased. This could in time...
Watch for the events a local stores. The money raised is donated directly to charities , which provides grants to teaching hospitals and cancer centers doing leading edge research. A related story shows the recipients of this years awards. The affiliated hospitals included Massachusetts...
Prostate cancer award recipients with high potential for solving problems with advanced prostate cancer. In addition, another outcome is the process of better treatments for patients. The awards range between $500,000 and 1 million for each program and hopefully one day will lead to a cure...