Prostate

Gov. Jerry Brown: Some information about early prostate cancer

2012-12-12 19:07:00

Gov. Jerry Brown is undergoing treatment for localized prostate cancer, according to a statement released by the governor’s office. In it, Brown’s UC San Francisco oncologist was quoted as saying �that "fortunately, this is early stage...

No overall increased cancer risk for those exposed to WTC site

2012-12-18 14:31:00

A new study has some good news for people who lived or worked in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center – exposure to dust and debris from the fallen twin towers has not resulted in an overall...

Cancer awareness grows with mustaches on L.A. City Hall officials

2012-11-16 14:33:21

The Cutting Edge

2012-10-23 16:30:00

When Dr. Amir Abolhoda recently performed robot-assisted lung cancer surgery at UC Irvine Medical Center — the first procedure of its kind in Orange County — it marked the latest leap in the fast-evolving field of robotics. The minimally...

Men's Health Spotlight

2012-10-23 16:37:00

Robotic surgery was initially developed to target prostate cancer — and today four in five prostectomies are performed by this revolutionary system, according to the National Cancer Institute. Although robotics — the pioneering da Vinci...

My Turn: PSA scare prompts reflection and education

2011-12-19 10:51:00

When my family doctor called five years ago with the news that my PSA levels had spiked, I hung up the phone and did what all of us do. I panicked. I thought, "So this is how I'm going to die." Then came the delayed second reaction: This can't be right!...

Steve Lopez: A second opinion about the PSA prostate cancer test

2012-05-23 21:35:49

Robotic surgery grows, but so do questions

2011-10-17 00:00:00

These days, some surgeons have four arms and are made of metal and plastic. Use of a robotic assistant called the Da Vinci Surgical System has quadrupled in the last four years, and the machine now helps with incisions and sutures in 2,000 hospitals...

Prostate cancer therapy doesn't increase cardiovascular deaths, study says

2011-12-06 13:03:00

Many men with low-risk prostate cancer overtreated, study finds

2010-07-27 09:39:00

About three-quarters of men with low-risk prostate tumors that can safely be ignored for months or years receive aggressive treatment, despite the risk of complications, researchers reported Monday. The findings, published in the Archives of Internal...

DNA referees

2010-05-03 00:00:00

Your life story depends upon a combination of the DNA you're stuck with plus your environment, including all the little choices and events that happen over that lifetime. But in recent years, researchers have discovered that, while DNA lays out the...

Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually

2009-11-21 00:00:00

It seemed like a good idea at the time. In 1984, Japan began screening the urine of 6-month-old infants for neuroblastoma, the most common type of solid tumor in young children. The test was simple and could show signs of cancer long before clinical...

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

2012-09-04 00:00:00

A group of Johns Hopkins medical staff get blue hair extensions at About Faces Salon in Canton to raise awareness for prostate cancer .

2012-09-04 00:00:00

Cameron Marlow gets a blue hair extension at About Faces Salon in Canton.

2012-09-04 00:00:00