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News items on 'Prostate Problems'
New treatment for prostate problems
(The Scotsman 14/10/2009)
A NEW treatment for men with prostate problems could reduce the need for surgery and halt disease progression. A four-year study by GlaxoSmithKline into a combined treatment using two drugs found results were better than using the drugs - Avodart or Tamsulosin - alone.
(BBC 16/05/2009)
'I was back home on the same day as my operation'
The prostate scan that sorts the killers from the pussycats
(Daily Mail 23/12/2008)
A new scan could help tell the difference between aggressive prostate cancers and harmless slow-growing ones. It's hoped the technique, being developed at the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, Surrey, will save thousands of men from unnecessary biopsies. It uses a form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify which tumours are potential killers and which are best left alone.
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