You know what would be great? If we had a test that could accurately predict if a man is at risk of developing prostate cancer, and when. Better still would be an intervention that would ensure the cancer would never…
Monthly Archives: October 2014
PSA test backers unimpressed with health panel report
Calgary experts, volunteers and survivors in the fight against prostate cancer are questioning the validity of a controversial new recommendation put out this week by a health panel urging doctors to stop screening men using the PSA blood test. “I’m saddened…
What is still needed to make focal therapy an accepted segment of standard therapy?
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer in men in Western countries. Currently, owing to a lack of reliable techniques for prostate cancer imaging, treatment options are often restricted to radical treatments, which carry significant risks of permanent side-effects, such as incontinence or…
An Experimental Study of the Mechanical Response of Frozen Biological Tissues at Cryogenic Temperatures
An experimental study of the mechanical response of frozen soft biological tissues to applied compressive stresses is presented. This study is related to the mechanical stresses that develop due to the contraction of frozen tissues in cryopreservation as well as in cryosurgical…
Freezing of living cells: mechanisms and implications
Freezing of living cells: mechanisms and implications. Am. J. Physiol. 247 (Cell Physiol. 16): C125-C142, 1984.-Cells can endure storage at-low temperatures such as -196°C for centuries. The challenge is to determine how they can survive both the cooling to such temperatures and the subsequent…
CUA guidelines on prostate biopsy methodology
Transrectal ultrasound prostate biopsy (TRUS Bx) is increasingly performed by urologists. Lee and colleagues reported on the diversity in TRUS Bx practice and training in United Kingdom.1 Fifty-six percent of the surveyed urologists were actively involved in TRUS Bx and 68% of them did…
