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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), representing more than 2,000 urologists nationwide, supports the rights of men to access appropriate prostate cancer screening. New guidelines released by the American Urological Association include specific recommendations for screening men between the ages of 55 and 69, as well as appropriateness criteria for younger and older men based on risk factors and life expectancy. "Every...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Healthy men under the age of 55 do not need routine annual prostate cancer screenings, according to new clinical practice guidelines released by the American Urological Association (AUA). The agency, which USA Today reporter Liz Szabo said “staunchly defended” prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screenings in recent years, has now declared the tests are “not recommended” for anyone under the age of 40, for average-risk men...
Diet Doc offers patient’s improved hCG diet plans to lose weight safely and rapidly, combatting new data linking obesity with a higher risk of prostate cancer for obese patients that tested positive for benign cancerous cells. Jackson, MS (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Diet Doc is committed to fighting obesity in America through medical weight loss that combines prescription hCG with individualized diet plans that educate patients on how to lose weight fast and make healthy lifestyle changes,...
Outside the National Cancer Institute, LIJ is one of only two US medical centers to offer new prostate fusion biopsy technology. New Hyde Park, NY (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Since the 1980s, men have undergone prostate biopsies in the same way with no reliable imaging tools to help diagnose prostate cancer – until now. North Shore-LIJ’s prostate cancer team is the first site to use the commercial version of a new prostate fusion biopsy technology, which combines magnetic resonance imaging...
SAN DIEGO, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the American Urological Association (AUA) released a new Guideline on the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer, which addresses prostate cancer early detection for the purpose of reducing prostate cancer mortality. The guideline was developed through a rigorous, systematic review of published literature (including data extraction and analysis), and updates the AUA's Best Practice Statement on Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA),...
DENVER, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prostate Conditions Education Council (PCEC), a national organization committed to men's health and a leader in prostate cancer early detection, released the following statement in response to new clinical practice guideline released today by the American Urological Association (AUA). The statement is attributed to PCEC Chairman E. David Crawford, MD, PCEC President Wendy Poage and PCEC Council Member Nelson Stone. "PCEC applauds...
Men ages 55 to 69 urged to talk with their doctors about benefits, harms of testing SAN DIEGO, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Men ages 55 to 69 who are considering prostate cancer screening should talk with their doctors about the benefits and harms of testing and proceed based on their personal values and preferences, according to a new clinical practice guideline released today by the American Urological Association (AUA). The new guideline, which updates the Association's...
UCL's Mark Emberton, MD, to Direct Premier Training Center for the Use of Advanced Imaging Capabilities to Localize Cancer and Deliver HIFU Treatment Using Tissue Preserving Techniques CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SonaCare Medical, a global leader in minimally invasive HIFU technologies, announced today that it has partnered with University College London (UCL) to create a HIFU Center of Excellence. The Center of Excellence will provide physician training and...
SmartTarget Offers a Clinically Tested and Practical Solution for MRI-Ultrasound Fusion CHARLOTTE, N.C. and LONDON, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SonaCare Medical, a global leader in minimally invasive High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, and UCL Business PLC (UCLB), a leading technology transfer company that supports and commercializes research and innovations from UCL (University College London), today announced a partnership to integrate SmartTarget image...
Sequencing of 57 prostate cancer genomes shows cancer gains powerful advantage with abrupt intervals of complex, large scale DNA reshuffling Cancer is typically thought to develop after genes gradually mutate over time, finally overwhelming the ability of a cell to control growth. But a new closer look at genomes in prostate cancer by an international team of researchers reveals that, in fact, genetic mutations occur in abrupt, periodic bursts, causing complex, large scale reshuffling of...
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The male prostate gland acts as an exocrine gland in the male reproductive system. It is a firm, partly muscular, chestnut sized gland near the neck of the urethra in males. Formation and Orientation The prostate is usually formed within the ninth week of the embryonic stage in reproductive development. The prostate can be separated into either “lobes” or “zones”. When looking at a prostate divided into zones, there are four distinct regions. The first zone is the Peripheral...
