Prostate News: - PSA Reduction (after Antibiotics) Permits To Avoid Or Postpone Prostate Biopsy In Selected Patients
PSA Reduction (after Antibiotics) Permits To Avoid Or Postpone Prostate Biopsy In Selected Patients
UroToday.com - In Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, a group from Palermo, Italy report on the use of antibiotics in patients with an elevated PSA. The study cohort consisted of 94 Caucasian men with a PSA between 4 and 10ng/ml, no symptoms of prostatitis, a negative rectal exam for cancer and who were otherwise candidates for prostate biopsy. All patients had a negative urinalysis and at least 2 previous elevated PSA detections with no greater than a 10% increase.
U.S. drops trial of one AIDS vaccine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. AIDS researchers are dropping plans to test one experimental vaccine in people, saying the high-profile failure of a Merck and Co. vaccine last year shows the need to do quicker, more focused studies.
Plan to curb arthritis drug use
People with rheumatoid arthritis should have access to a particular class of drugs limited, NHS advisers say.
Gene Profiles Might Help Guide Lung Cancer Care (HealthDay)
HealthDay - SUNDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) — A sweeping genetic analysis suggests that the activity of certain genes might someday allow doctors to predict which lung cancer patients need more aggressive therapies and which do not.
Researchers ID Traits of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Title: Researchers ID Traits of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Category: Health News
Created: 6/14/2008 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/16/2008