A new Institute of Medicine(IOM) reports focus on changing the dynamic of cancer care to include the impacts of coping with a diagnosis and treatment for cancer. As patients are surviving longer than they have in the past these issues become more and more important. By addressing these quality of life issues the patient, the [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]