PCA3 test: success story from laboratory to the market place
Friday, 26 September 2008 - Interview with Professor Jack Schalken of the Radboud University, Nijmegen (NL)
The number of prostate cancer cases is increasing rapidly. Fortunately not all these tumours need to be operated - some are slow-growing or indolent. The question remains: how do we reliably establish which...
By: Lindy Brouwer
New biomarkers enhance prostate cancer risk assessment accuracy
Thursday, 25 September 2008- A team of US researchers said incorporating the prostate cancer gene 3 into the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) risk calculator improves the tool's diagnostic accuracy,
Donna Ankerst and her colleagues from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, USA,...
Filed by: JV/MedWire News
New biomarkers enhance prostate cancer risk assessment accuracy
Thursday, 25 September 2008- A team of US researchers said incorporating the prostate cancer gene 3 into the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) risk calculator improves the tool's diagnostic accuracy,
Donna Ankerst and her colleagues from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, USA,...
Filed by: JV/MedWire News
Association of antisperm antibodies with proven chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases of male reproductive tract
Thursday, 25 September 2008 - It is debated whether chronic urogenital inflammations and infections may trigger the formation of antisperm antibodies (ASA) in semen. Marconi et al. (2008) evaluated the formation of ASA in defined chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases of the male reproductive tract (MRT).
Three...
Authors: Marconi et al.
Amplified gene in cells found in urine helps detect bladder cancer
Wednesday, 24 September 2008- Counting the copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, a team led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute....
Filed by: News agencies/Medical News Today
Pakistan Government supports urological medical staff from Afghanistan
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 - Khaliq Yar, Consul General of Afghanistan in Karachi, thanked the Pakistan government for setting-up a full fledged kidney treatment center at Jalalabad and arranging for training of its medical staff at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation. Khaliq Yar addressing the...
Edited by FGR
Irish urological out-patients have to be pretty patient
Tuesday, 23 September 2008 - Waiting times for appointments for urological out-patients in Ireland and the U.K. can be excessively long, CM Dowling et al. from Dublin stated in an article published in urotoday.com. Nurse-led Lower Urinary Tract symptom (LUTs) pre-assessment clinics have been introduced to streamline...
Edited by: FGR
Amazing record - successful ICSI conception after 21 years in the US
Monday, 22 September 2008 - Ken Decker from the US is a special sort of father. 21 years ago he had his sperm frozen before undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s disease. One year ago his wife Michelle Decker gave birth to baby Madison who celebrated her first birthday right now. Ken and Michelle Decker, with infant...
Edited by: FGR
Milk scandal claims lives of four Chinese infants who died with kidney stone and urinary infections
Friday, 19 September 2006- More than 6,000 Chinese babies are ill after being fed contaminated milk formula and authorities are now rationing supplies as the crisis worsens. According to One News from New Zealand, the Hong Kong government has recalled other dairy products including liquid milk, ice cream and...
Edited by: FGR
Renal cell carcinoma rates compared with health status and behavior in the United States
Friday, 19 September 2008 - Colli et al. (2008) explored the association of renal cell carcinoma rates with health status and behavior in the United States.
The renal cell carcinoma incidence (2003-2004) and mortality rates (2000-2003) for males and females were compared with the levels of current smokers, obesity,...
Authors: Colli et al.
