HEALTH NEWS TODAY: When combined with the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra, a long-used chemotherapy drug called doxorubicin may be even more effective as a treatment for prostate cancer, according to a new study. READ MORE>
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Viagra combined with chemo drug may be effective prostate cancer treatment
Posted in Chemotherapy, Erectile function, Treatment news, tagged cancer research, catheter, Erectile function, erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra, HEALTH NEWS TODAY, hemotherapy drug, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment on October 5, 2010| 2 Comments »
Web-based system enables doctors to better manage prostate cancer treatment
Posted in Treatment news, tagged health professionals, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, THE ENGINEER, web-based software system on September 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The system will mean that patients with less complex conditions will not have to make repeat trips to hospital, while consultants will have more time to focus on and treat the most serious urological disorders.
Canadian researchers develop new drug to prolong lives of prostate cancer patients
Posted in Treatment news, tagged advanced prostate cancer, cancer research, catheter, life expectancy, new cancer-fighting drug, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, Vancouver researchers, VANCOUVER SUN on September 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »
VANCOUVER SUN: Vancouver researchers have developed a new cancer-fighting drug that will prolong the life of patients with advanced prostate cancer, doubling their life expectancy compared with a decade ago. READ MORE>
Asthma drug found to prolong life of advanced prostate cancer patients
Posted in Treatment news, tagged advanced prostate cancer, asthma, cancer research, catheter, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, Tranilast, URO TODAY on August 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: A drug originally developed to treat asthma, Tranilast, may improve the prognosis of patients with advanced prostate cancer, a Japanese study has shown. READ MORE>
ADHD drug helps treat fatigue in men with advanced prostate cancer
Posted in Treatment news, tagged advanced prostate cancer, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, blood pressure elevation, cancer research, catheter, fatigue in men with prostate cancer, Methylphenidate, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, URO TODAY on August 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: The attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Methylphenidate is effective in treating fatigue in men with prostate cancer,but oncologists need to monitor for possible pulse and blood pressure elevations. READ MORE>
Why has it taken so long for prostate cancer cell detector to arrive in Australasia?
Posted in Treatment news, tagged cancer research, catheter, cell search machine, NZ Ministry of Health, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer diagnosis, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, Provenge, Provenge treatment on August 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
PROSTABLOG NZ: Australian news media are breathlessly reporting that a “new” prostate cancer diagnostic tool, the cell search machine, is being set up in their country for the first time (in Brisbane). READ MORE>
Should we be excited? Yes – that this technology – used in the US for more than five years – is finally appearing in our part of the world (although not yet in NZ).
My gripe is not about the news itself, but the way ill-informed journalists report such announcements, swallowing the official spin without question.
The real story lies in challenging governments over the delays that attach to such breakthroughs making their way Down Under.
Has anyone thought to ask NZ or Australian ministries of health how long it will be before Provenge (a new treatment for advanced prostate cancer) is available here?
US researchers claim natural compound stops prostate tumours
Posted in Treatment news, tagged cancer research, catheter, Columbia University, natural 33-ingredient compound, Natural remedies, PR NEWSWIRE, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate on August 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
PR NEWSWIRE: Researchers at Columbia University have published the dramatic effects of a natural 33-ingredient compound against prostate cancer cell lines. READ MORE>
First minimally invasive surgery to remove prostate via ‘natural orifice’
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, Treatment news, tagged BUSINESSWIRE, cancer research, catheter, first-of-its-kind surgery, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, minimally invasive surgery, natural orifices, new surgical procedure, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, surgery on July 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
BUSINESSWIRE: With 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 – signalling the next step in the evolution of minimally invasive surgery. READ MORE>