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What’s hot today? Tuesday, September 2

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Sitemaster

Today’s reports address:

The potential prognostic significance of a tertiary Gleason pattern in pathologic analysis of prostate cancer stage following a radical prostatectomy
The relative safety of two types of external beam radiotherapy in treatment of patients with localized prostate cancer … READ MORE …

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Sitemaster

Additional prostate cancer news this weekend includes the following items:

The role of follow-up pathology in patients with clinical stage T1a (TURP-detected) prostate cancer
The impact of the number of risk factors on the likelihood of prostate cancer-specific mortality in patients with intermediate- and high-risk disease
Whether a familial history of prostate cancer affects outcomes following brachytherapy for localized disease
Whether obese men are at greater risk for delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer and subsequent poorer outcomes based on current PSA screening recommendations … READ MORE …