| Focal Therapy Considered As Prostate Cancer Treatment
Gold Supplement is focused on a series of 12 peer-reviewed studies on the use of focal therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer.The studies were conducted by a group of leading urologists and radiologists led by David Bostwick, M.D., a pathologist specializing in urology, and Gary Onik, M.D., an interventional radiologist, both of whom served as co-editors of the supplement. This is the first published scientific compendium dedicated solely to focal prostate cancer treatment. One of the leading focal treatment methods is cryoablation, or the minimally invasive freezing of the cancerous tumors to destroy them.The studies presented in the supplement cover a broad range of issues related to focal therapy for prostate cancer including cancer volume; patient selection; biopsy techniques to adequately find and diagnose the extent of the cancer and the long-term effectiveness of focal treatments.In basic terms, focal therapy for prostate cancer, also known as "the male lumpectomy," is a new method of treating prostate cancer where the primary objective is to destroy the cancerous tissue in the prostate gland and avoid damaging the healthy tissue including the nerve bundles at the base of the gland that control potency and continence.
FSA should be taken seriously
Most culpably, with hindsight its business plan for 2007 set the wrong priorities. Judging from the outlook, the regulator's plan for 2008, out next week, will have a much sharper focus. The report is 56 pages shorter, but contains more than twice as many references to liquidity as the 2007 report. It may be informed by recent history, but for that very reason, financial services companies would be foolish to ignore it. .
Rudy Giuliani uses the NHS as ‘political football’ to give Hilary ...
Rudy Giuliani, the front-runner for the 2008 Republican nomination, was accused last night of smearing the NHS to attack Democratic plans for universal healthcare in America. Mr Giuliani launched a radio advertising campaign saying that the proposals from Democrats such as Hillary Clinton smacked of European-style socialism that would lower standards in the US. "I had prostate cancer five, six years ago," the former New York mayor said. "My chance of surviving prostate cancer – and, thank God, I was cured of it – in the United States? 82 per cent. My chance of surviving prostate cancer in England? Only 44 per cent under socialised medicine." His advert prompted Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, to make a rare intervention into US politics as he pleaded with Mr Giuliani to stop kicking the NHS.
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