Boston Business Journal Article Sep 16, 2016 AdMeTech Foundation says it can save Massachusetts more than $200 million annually by using MRIs to diagnose aggressive prostate cancer. The finding is based on a clinical trial conducted at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in partnership with AdMeTech, a Boston-based non-profit to advance diagnosis and treatment of…
New York, NY, July 25, 2016 Researchers found no significant differences in health related quality of life between patients with low risk prostate cancer on active surveillance and men without the disease over 3 years of followup, according to new study in the Journal of Urology ELSEVIER HEALTH SCIENCES [ultimate_spacer height=”32″]Full Article[ultimate_spacer height=”32″] Active surveillance…
Date: July 11, 2016 [ultimate_spacer height=”32″]Full Article[ultimate_spacer height=”32″] It is a well-known fact that men with a family history of prostate cancer run an increased risk of developing the disease. The risk for brothers of men with prostate cancer is doubled. But a doubled risk of what, exactly? Prostate cancer my be an indolent condition…
By Andy Metzger/State House News Service Posted Mar. 31, 2016 at 2:58 PM BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker and the former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court shared personal stories on Thursday about prostate cancer, the second most prevalent type of cancer for men after skin cancer. Roderick Ireland, the former chief justice, recalled…
Andy Metzger, State House News Service Published: March 31, 2016, 4:07 pm Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker reacts as he gets a buzz cut during a fundraising drive at Granite Telecommunications in Quincy, Mass., Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in support of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Baker joined more than 500 company employees who shaved their heads…
By Andy Metzger/State House News Service Posted Mar. 31, 2016 at 2:58 PM BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker and the former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court shared personal stories on Thursday about prostate cancer, the second most prevalent type of cancer for men after skin cancer. Roderick Ireland, the former chief justice, recalled…
By: Srinivas Vourganti, MD Monday, February 29, 2016 The current standard of care for prostate cancer diagnosis typically involves an initial screening step principally utilizing serum blood testing — mainly total prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and others, such as free PSA, PSA isoforms — and a follow-up confirmatory test involving biopsy tissue sampling (systematic transrectal ultrasound…
(photo: Marc Levy/Associated Press) Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf discusses his diagnosis of what he called treatable prostate cancer with members of the media in his Capitol offices, in Harrisburg, Pa. By Adam Smeltz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jolted by Gov. Tom Wolf’s diagnosis, more Pennsylvanians may be taking a close look at their risks for prostate…
Gov. Tom Wolf diagnosed with treatable form of prostate cancer Gov. Tom Wolf to discuss his diagnosis of prostate cancer at a news conference this morning. (File photo/Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com) By Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com on February 24, 2016 at 10:19 AM, updated February 24, 2016 at 5:58 PM Gov. Tom Wolf held a news…
Fewer Men Are Getting Prostate Cancer Blood Tests, And That May Not Be a Good Thing Some experts now advise men not to get the blood test that can pick up prostate cancer, but that may be putting certain men at risk Health advice is often confusing — and conflicting — and nothing proves that…