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Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Perioperative Outcomes Of 1500 Cases

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationProstate

UroToday.com - Consistent with a previous series of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomies (RALP) in over 2,500 patients, reported by Menon, et al., Dr. Vipul Patel presented his group’s data on 1,500 RALP patients and confirmed the high-quality outcomes of this procedure. In the online version of the Journal of Endourology, Dr. Patel reported on 1,500 men on whom he performed transperitoneal RALP.

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New Findings Offer Fresh Hope To Men With Prostate Cancer That Has Returned After Attempted Cure

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationProstate

The link between the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test and the detection of prostate cancer is well-established. In new findings released publicly for the first time today, Australian and New Zealand researchers have demonstrated how two serial measures of PSA can be used to accurately predict a patient’s prognosis when prostate cancer returns after attempted cure.

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Cardium’s InnerCool Announces New Tissue-Specific UroCool(TM) System For Use In Prostate Surgeries

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationProstate

Cardium Therapeutics (Amex: CXM) and its operating unit InnerCool Therapies, Inc., today announced that it has developed a pelvic cooling catheter system called UroCool(TM), which is designed to induce localized cooling during surgery for prostate cancer (radical prostatectomy). The new technology is being applied in collaboration with renowned prostate surgeon, Thomas E. Ahlering, M.D.

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