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PROSTATE ULTRASOUND: UK study looks better now full report has emerged

Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: JULY 5: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: Now he’s had a chance to read the full report from a gro … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Prostate research, treatment debate, Ultrasound, Prostate, Prostate Treatment, prostate treatment debate, prostate cancer treatments, Cancer Research

HIFU for localized prostate cancer: a series of 172 UK patients2 comments

Sitemaster wrote 2 weeks ago: The following commentary reports with greater accuracy and in more detail on the same article, deali … more →

Tags: Management, Treatment, high-intensity focused ultrasound

PROSTATE ULTRASOUND: Many in favourable UK study may not have needed treatment at all

Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: JULY 3: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: Results from a UK study show the potential of transrectal, who … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, erectile function, Prostate research, treatment debate, watchful waiting, over treatment, Prostate, Prostate Treatment, prostate treatment debate

Early data from a significant UK series of HIFU patients

Sitemaster wrote 2 weeks ago: This initial report contains inaccuracies and is based solely on the abstract of the original paper. … more →

Tags: Management, Treatment, high-intensity focused ultrasound

Why you shouldn't believe everything you read

Sitemaster wrote 1 month ago: Two days ago someone left us a message about a new web site called HIFUcertified.com. We looked brie … more →

Tags: Tips, Scam, HIFUcertified.com

Controversy in the appropriate use of HIFU3 comments

Sitemaster wrote 1 month ago: Recently, a UK-based team (Challacombe et al.) working at a major London teaching hospital reported … more →

Tags: Management, Treatment, high-intensity focused ultrasound

PROSTATE TOURISM: Patients travel to Mexico for unproven treatment method

Jim Tucker wrote 1 month ago: MAY 25: STATESMAN.COM:  US researchers say they haven’t learned enough about HIFU (high-intens … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, Ultrasound, Prostate, Prostate Treatment, prostate treatment debate, prostate cancer treatments, prostablog, prostate blog, medical tourism

AUA report and update no. 12: Friday, May 1, 20092 comments

Sitemaster wrote 2 months ago: And still the stream of information continues, with  reports about frequency of PSA testing, nerve-s … more →

Tags: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment, salvage, Screening, nerve-sparing, Frequency

More weekend news reports: April 19, 2009

Sitemaster wrote 3 months ago: The reports discussed below deal with: Positron emission tomography in prostate cancer management H … more →

Tags: Management, Treatment, Cryotherapy, TURP, outcome, high-intensity focuse ultrasound, positron-emission-tomography, Pet, Transurethral Resection

Can SmallCap Prostate Cancer Firms Borrow Some of Dendreon’s Spotlight?

AllenCaron wrote 3 months ago: Forty-eight hours ago, the market cap of Dendreon, (Nasdaq:DNDN) www.dendreon.com, fell squarely wit … more →

Tags: Medical Devices, brachytherapy, castration, Cryoablation, dendreon, endocare, isoray, MDV3100, Medivation

Your weekend news reports: April 4, 20091 comment

Sitemaster wrote 3 months ago: The three reports in today’s news cover: A future perspective on treatments for localized dis … more →

Tags: Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment, brachytherapy, Ralp, Cryoablation, phoptodynamic therapy, Europe, urinary toxicity

The Friday news reports: April 3, 2009

Sitemaster wrote 3 months ago: This morning’s news reports cover: Decision making and prostate cancer testing among African … more →

Tags: Diagnosis, Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Risk, inflammation, African-American, intermittent hormone therapy, penile prosthesis surgery

The Tuesday news reports: March 31, 2009

Sitemaster wrote 3 months ago: In today’s news there are reports on: Initial diagnosis of intraductal carcinoma of the prost … more →

Tags: Diagnosis, Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment, Risk, brachytherapy, high-intensity focused ultrasound, intraductal, carcinoma

The daily news update: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Sitemaster wrote 4 months ago: Reports today deal with: 5α-Reductase inhibitors and other agents in prevention of prostate cancer … more →

Tags: Prevention, Management, Treatment, Drugs in development, Risk, 5α-reductase inhibitors, 5-ARIs, high-intensity focuse ultrasound, osteoprotegerin

HIFU: under-appreciated or over-promoted?24 comments

Sitemaster wrote 4 months ago: Most of the regular readers of this column, and many members of our social network, will have become … more →

Tags: Management, Treatment, high-intensity focused ultrasound, Promotion, Conflicts of Interest

The Wednesday news reports: February 18, 2009

Sitemaster wrote 5 months ago: Today’s news reports contain two articles (on adjuvant radiotherapy in men progressing after f … more →

Tags: Diagnosis, Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment, Drugs in development, Mortality, MRI, physical activity, high-intensity focused ultrasound

Italian experience with HIFU in 163 patients

Sitemaster wrote 5 months ago: We had previously posted a brief comment on a paper by Mearini et al., who had reported on Italian e … more →

Tags: Management, Treatment

The Wednesday news update: January 21, 2009

Sitemaster wrote 5 months ago: Today’s news includes information on: The use of markers for prognosis following first-line t … more →

Tags: Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment, Drugs in development, PSA velocity, docetaxel, hot flashes, doubling time, gefitinib

Alternative Prostate Cancer Treatment

capros wrote 6 months ago: Alternative Prostate Cancer Treatment Is About Maintaining Dignity It is such a wonderful thing that … more →

Tags: prostate cancer treatment, Prostate, PREVENT CANCER, Cancer Treatment, Cancer & Diet, radiation treatment, alternative prostate cancer treatment, Alternative Prostate Cancer Treatment Is About Keeping


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