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redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Men suffering from prostate cancer are four times more likely to experience erectile dysfunction (ED) than those without the condition – a phenomenon caused largely by the treatment process, according to the UK-based Macmillan Cancer Support charity. According to the Belfast Telegraph, the organization said there are currently about 160,000 men being treated for prostate cancer in the UK who are suffering from ED. As they...

Men undergo vasectomy procedures during the popular basketball tournament because they have the perfect excuse to be couch potatoes Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 12, 2013 March Madness is around the corner and with that comes brackets, basketball and…vasectomies. It may sound strange, but every year around this time urologists see a surge in vasectomy procedures. Michael Floyd, M.D., a urologist with Urology Austin said he sees a definite increase during the high profile NCAA tournament....

Men with low-risk prostate cancer who previously had to choose between aggressive treatment, with the potential for significant side effects, and active surveillance, with the risk of disease progression, may have a new option. Focal laser ablation uses precisely targeted heat, delivered through a small insertion and guided into the prostate by magnetic resonance imaging, to burn away cancerous cells in the prostate. A small, phase 1 trial, to published early online in the journal...

First Study Ever to Analyze 25 years of Data after Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Patients ATLANTA, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The March 2013 issue of The Journal of Urology, the official journal of The American Urological Association, includes a study conducted by four physicians from Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG), a Vantage Oncology affiliate. This study, 25 Year Disease Free Survival Rate after Irradiation of Prostate Cancer Calculated with the Prostate...

Gilda's Club in Grand Rapids, Mich. to host Dr. Brian Lane on March 5, 2013. Grand Rapids, Michigan (PRWEB) February 21, 2013 Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments (PAACT) has announced that Dr. Brian Lane will discuss the changes and challenges that prostate cancer patients face in treatment and in daily life. His presentation on "Prostate Cancer Treatment: Weighing the Options Before, During and After" will be held on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. at the...

HOUSTON, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In keeping up with the growing demand for the treatment of low testosterone in men, the Dallas/Fort Worth-based Low T Center is expanding in Texas again with the opening of a new location today in the Sugar Land area of Houston. It is the second Low T Center to open in Houston this year and now the sixth operating in Greater Houston. There are 15 Low T Centers Operating in Texas, and 23 locations nationally. (Logo:...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GenomeDx Biosciences today announced new data supporting the clinical validation and utility of Decipher(TM), a transformative genomic test that forecasts risk of metastasis in men with prostate cancer. An analysis of men at risk of recurrence after prostate cancer surgery showed Decipher was a better predictor of metastasis than conventional risk assessment tools such as PSA, tumor stage and grade. A separate study found that the more...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the findings of the largest reported study on prostate biopsies were released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando. The research confirmed that cancer detection rates are enhanced when 10 to 12-specimens are obtained during the biopsy. "The study, which included over 4.2 million specimens collected from nearly 440,000 biopsies, confirms that biopsy regimens with 10 to 12...

NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Regular exercisers could be reducing their risk of prostate cancer by as much as 53 percent, though research suggests the benefit may only apply to white men. In polling the exercise habits of 307 men (164 Caucasian and 143 African American) undergoing prostate biopsies, researchers found an association between increased activity level in white men and reduced prostate cancer diagnosis. The same benefits were not seen among African American...

Prostate Cancer Report to be released at National Proton Conference in Washington, DC WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ninety-nine percent of proton therapy patients believe they made the best treatment decision for themselves, according to a new data analysis of outcomes and satisfaction of prostate cancer patients. The survey released today is the most comprehensive of its kind to capture health-related quality of life measures for proton therapy, an advanced...