Tag: prostate cancer
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Want to avoid prostate cancer? Evidence suggests that one thing you could do, if you’re a smoker, is to stop smoking
As fewer men are smoking, fewer are dying from prostate cancer, and the trends appear to be related, especially in Kentucky. “From 1999 through 2010, decreasing prostate cancer mortality rates...
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Louisville doctor is first in U.S. to use ultrasound treatment to treat early prostate cancer; procedure ‘has its critics as well as its fans’
Dr. John Jurige with his device. (C-J photo by Matt Stone) A Louisville urologist is the first in the nation to use ultrasound to treat prostate cancer, a procedure that...
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Study suggests there’s too much imaging of low-risk prostate- and breast-cancer patients in the Evansville and Louisville areas
Hospitals and doctors in the Evansville and Louisville areas may be doing too much medical imaging on patients with low-risk prostate or breast cancer, according to a study of cases...
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WKYT anchor Sam Dick finishes radiation treatment for recurring prostate cancer; encourages others to monitor their health
Photo from www.mediabistro.com Longtime WKYT-TV anchor Sam Dick believed that his battle with prostate cancer was over, but found out six months ago that some of the cancer remained. He...
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Markey Cancer Center at UK gets National Cancer Institute designation, opening up new treatment options for patients
The University of Kentucky annouced Friday that its Markey Cancer Center has earned a prestigious National Cancer Institute designation. With this designation, the center becomes one of 68 in the...
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Federal panel says PSA screening for prostate cancer does more harm than good, but no better test is available
Prostate cancer cells. Getty Images photo by Abbey Michael. An influential federal panel says testing healthy men’s prostate-specific antigen levels to detect prostate cancer does more harm than good. The...
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Study finds new prostate-cancer test is better than current one
Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles say they have developed a new test for prostate cancer that is “more sensitive and more specific” than the usual test...