New Surgery Without Incisions Shows Promise For Prostate Cancer TreatmentWith a recent first of its kind surgery, physicians at Mayo Clinic in Arizona have developed a new surgical procedure for the treatment of prostate cancer using natural orifices - signaling the next step in the evolution of minimally invasive surgery. Removing the prostate is a common treatment for patients with prostate cancer, which affects one in six men in the U.S...
New England Journal Of Medicine Publishes Data From Pivotal Phase 3 PROVENGE IMPACT StudyDendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) announced the publication of data from the pivotal Phase 3 IMPACT study in the New England Journal of Medicine, showing that PROVENGE® (sipuleucel-T) demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in overall survival compared to control in men with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)...
Dense Bones Linked To Raised Risk For Prostate CancerMen who develop prostate cancer, especially the more aggressive and dangerous forms that spread throughout the body, tend to retain denser bones as they age than men who stay free of the disease, suggests new research from Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health...
Don't Blame The PSA Test For The 'Overtreatment' Of Prostate CancerA new report published in the July 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine claims many men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer undergo aggressive therapy, even when they have low PSA scores and low-risk disease, saying "these results underscore the fact that PSA level, the current biomarker, is not a sufficient basis for treatment decisions...
AMD Appoints BK Medical As Agent For Prostate HistoScanning™ In The UKAdvanced Medical Diagnostics SA (AMD), a privately held company committed to providing innovative computer-aided solutions (HistoScanning™) that can improve the diagnostic interpretation of ultrasound scans, announced that it has appointed BK Medical UK Ltd as sole agent for Prostate HistoScanning™ in the UK...
Profile: Most Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Receive Aggressive TreatmentControversy has long existed over the benefit of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test used to screen for the presence of prostate cancer, and there has been little study to document the risk profile of men who have a PSA level at or below what is considered 'normal.' New research published in the latest edition of Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 170, No...
Researchers Block Pathway That Performs Key Function In End-Stage Prostate CancerProstate cancer advances when tumors become resistant to hormone therapy, which is the standard treatment for patients, and begin producing their own androgens. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that blocking one of the enzymatic steps that allow the tumor to produce androgens could be the key in halting a tumor's growth...