Slides of prostatectomy
Men considering a prostatectomy for treatment of prostate cancer my appreciate the slides that show how the procedure works. Click here to see the slides.
New way to raise awareness-Make a movie
Reel Lives: The Cancer Chronicles Film Festival is an international documentary film competition organized by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC). The festival is an opportunity for people who have been touched by cancer to tell their story through the medium of film and to have their voices heard. It seeks to shatter the taboos [...]
Focal therapy for prostate cancer
Scott E. Eggener, Peter T. Scardino, Peter R. Carroll, Michael J. Zelefsky, Oliver Sartor, Hedvig Hricak, Thomas M. Wheeler, Samson W. Fine, John Trachtenberg, Mark A. Rubin, Mak Ohori, Kentaro Kuroiwa, Michel Rossignol, Lucien Abenhaim and International Task Force on Prostate Cancer and the Focal Lesion Paradigm has published a paper in the Journal of [...]
Potential new treatment avenue in the future
More research reported at the recent Prostate Cancer Research Foundationmeeting that may impact the treatment of prostate cancer and possibly breast cancer also. Lead researcher William Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Oncology and Urology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, explained the findings. "One of the proteins in the cell that triggers this process [...]
Study reports 5 year experience for robotic surgery
New patients considering their options will be interested in the information from this early study on robotic surgery. To the authors' knowledge, the current study is the first report of 5-year outcomes in men undergoing RAP. These data demonstrate that RAP can be performed with favorable outcomes while minimizing complications. As experience increases, further improvements [...]