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New Microdevice Captures Rare Cancer Cells
By Gregory Mone - AOL News(March 31) -- Cancer patients could soon benefit from a new screening device that can pick out and analyze rare tumor cells from standard blood samples, according to a report today in Science Translational Medicine. The device, which is the size of a business card, could be an alternative to surgery, offering a noninvasive way of monitoring whether tumors are spreading to other parts of the body. All it would require is the prick of a needle. "The concept is a blood biopsy," explains Massachusetts General Hospital mechanical engineer Shannon Stott, the study's lead author. "The question is, ...
Group Urges Cautious Approach to Prostate Screening
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(March 5) -- Men worried about their risk of developing prostate cancer should not automatically have prostate screening tests after they turn 50 and should instead make a personal decision based on their own risk factors, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. The society decided to revise its recommendations after several studies concluded that the two methods used to detect prostate cancer -- a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and a digital rectal screening -- can be inaccurate and might even cause more trouble than they prevent. The organization now ...
Sen. Chris Dodd Will Undergo Surgery for Prostate Cancer
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) announced at a Connecticut press conference Friday that he was diagnosed six weeks ago with early-stage prostate cancer and that he will undergo surgery to remove his prostate. Dodd will be treated at New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering and will have surgery shortly after the Senate recesses next week. ...
Davey Lopes Expected to Make Full Recovery from Prostate Cancer
By Mullet - AOL NewsDavey Lopes, who was part of that Dodgers' infield from the 70's which stayed together for close to a decade, was diagnosed with prostate cancer, but is expected to make a full recovery.After losing coach John Vukovich to a brain tumor at this time last season, the Phillies know too much about losing members of their organization to illness. So we're happy to hear that the prognosis is good for Lopes. For those too young to remember, Lopes was not only a solid hitter and fielder for those Dodger teams of the 70's and 80's, but also one of the fastest men in baseball. Lopes stole 44 bases for ...
George Mitchell Has Prostate Cancer
By Tom Fornelli - AOL NewsWe should all be ashamed of ourselves. Think of all the grief we gave Bud Selig for leaving San Francisco with Barry Bonds on the cusp of Hank's record to go talk to George Mitchell. Maybe Bud was just leaving to go console his friend, whom it turns out has prostate cancer. (Nah, probably not.)Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, who is now leading the investigation into steroid use by baseball players, has prostate cancer, according to his law firm. "The cancer is small, low grade, and localized, and can be effectively treated and cured," Mitchell's doctor Harvey Klein said in a ...
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