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Prostate cancer test improves prediction of disease course

A new prostate cancer risk assessment test, developed by a UCSF team, gives patients and their doctors a better way of gauging long-term risks and pinpointing high risk cases.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Preventing Prostate Cancer to Bone Metastasis

(PhysOrg.com) -- In new research on prostate cancer to bone metastasis, Dr. Phillip Trackman of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine explains that the lysyl oxidase pro-peptide (LOX-PP) inhibits prostate ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Radiofrequency ablation safe and effective for reducing pain from bone metastases

Image-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA), a minimally invasive cancer treatment which can be performed in the outpatient setting, significantly reduced the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with bone (osseous) ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0