An editorial in today's edition of Urotoday, "Exploring Causes for Declining Prostate Cancer Mortality Rates in the United States" (1/5/09), looks at possible explanations for the the reduction in deaths from prostate cancer in recent years ('93-'03). The authors relied on information from a a study reported recently in the journal Urologic Oncology (Nov-Dec). The researchers [...]
There is something that's been on my mind for a long time. But it's part of a larger issue. Let me explain. About six months ago I heard a commercial on the radio about a state-of-the-art treatment for prostate cancer called "Cyberknife." It was being offered at a hospital in Long Island (a suburb of NY) [...]
Dendritic cells are replenished from blood Dendritic cells help direct the body’s immune response by presenting invading antigens to T cells so they know what to attack. But an ongoing debate exists about where dendritic cells originate and how they multiply, especially in the spleen and lymph system. Now, in a paper published in this [...]
