Prostate Cancer Cure And Treatment

This year doctors will diagnose nearly 219,000 men with prostate cancer. Many will undergo radical prostatectomy surgery. While radical prostatectomy provides an excellent cure, impotence (erectile dysfunction) is a common side effect. However early, postoperative penile rehabilitation can speed prostatectomy patients' healing, achieve natural erectile function and improve their quality of life.Studies show that even 24 months after prostate cancer treatment sexual dysfunction was the most important quality of life issue. "Increasingly doctors are finding quality of life issues important in the overall treatment of any disease, including erectile dysfunction," said Dr. Skip Freedman, executive medical director for AllMed Healthcare Management.Treating erectile dysfunction has changed over the last several years, and can offer men a confusing number of treatment choices.

Prostate Cancer Treatment Centre Receives Funding for Clinical Trials

TORONTO, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- A Canadian study on High Intensity Focused Ultrasound therapy with the Sonablate(R) 500 - a Health Canada approved treatment for localized prostate cancer - is underway at Can-Am HIFU. Through funding from AstraZeneca Canada Inc, Can-Am HIFU, a prostate cancer treatment centre, will conduct an REB/Health Canada approved clinical trial. The objective of the study is to supplement current research findings on safety and efficacy of HIFU therapy in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The trial will measure both the biochemical (PSA) cure rates and the Biopsy-proven cure rates at one year.

"AstraZeneca is committed to promoting excellence in Canadian health science research and to supporting the growth of Canada's scientific community," says Marc Zarenda, Scientific Director - Oncology at AstraZeneca Canada Inc.

Genzyme Announces License Agreement with Moffitt Cancer Center for ...

Genzyme Corp. (Nasdaq: GENZ) announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with Moffitt Cancer Center to obtain exclusive worldwide diagnostic testing rights to the discovery of the relationship of two proteins to patient response to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment. The expression level of these proteins may help predict how these patients will respond to therapy. Genzyme Genetics relationship with Moffitt broadens its lung cancer testing portfolio.

The expression levels of the two proteins, RRM1 and ERCC1, have been shown by Dr. Gerold Bepler, M.D., and his team from Moffitt, to correlate with patient response to platinum drugs and gemcitabine, both of which are commonly used in treating NSCLC. Through this license, Genzyme plans to develop and market a diagnostic test that can be used to measure the expression levels of these proteins in NSCLC patients.