Prostate News: - Partial Salvage Cryoablation Of The Prostate For Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radiotherapy Failure
Partial Salvage Cryoablation Of The Prostate For Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radiotherapy Failure
UroToday.com - In the online edition of Urology, Drs. Michael Eisenberg and Katsuto Shinohara reported on their experience using partial (unilobar) cryotherapy for patients with a local recurrence of prostate cancer (CaP) following radiotherapy (XRT). Between 2004 and 2007, 19 patients had failed XRT by either the ASTRO or Phoenix criteria. All had 16-core prostate biopsies performed to document recurrence, and metastatic evaluations were negative.
CDC unveils new September 11 site health effort
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials unveiled plans on Thursday to help people who lived or worked near New York’s World Trade Center who may have been harmed by exposure to dust and debris from the collapse in the 2001 attacks.