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Video: “Imaging in Prostate Cancer”

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July 2019 Awareness Night Imaging in Prostate Cancer, The Whats, Wheres, Whys and Whens Dr. Chirag Patel,]BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCP, FRCR Asst Prof., U. of Toronto Dept of Medical Imaging Site Lead, U. of Toronto Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program Abdominal Radiologist and Head of Abdominal Imaging Division, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Dept of Medical Imaging   CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 1:06:02 minutes <  

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Checking PSA is not stepping onto a slippery slope to inevitable biopsies

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The PSA has allowed us to detect cancer at an earlier stage, and it has reduced the number of men with widespread metastasis from 40 per cent to less than five per cent. Too much ink and angst have been spilled in debating whether the PSA blood test should be used to screen for prostate cancer. Read the article.

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Video: “Prostate Cancer and the Genes You Are Born With”

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September 2019 Awareness Night Prostate Cancer and the Genes You Are Born With Dr. Neil Fleshner, MD, MPH, FRCSC Chair & Professor, University of Toronto Department of Urology Head,Division of Urology University Health Network (incorporating Princess Margaret Cancer Centre)     CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 39:59 minutes <

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MRI and MRI-guided biopsies — a new Cochrane review

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Cochrane reviews are structured, systematic, focused reviews of evidence in the field of medicine that either support or do not support specific forms of diagnosis and management of patients with or suspected of having particular disorders. A newly published Cochrane review by Drost et al. has addressed the topic of “Prostate MRI, with or without MRI‐targeted biopsy, and systematic biopsy for detecting prostate cancer“, and had just been published by the Cochrane Library.

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Video: “Prostate Cancer Genetics: Where are we now?”

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March 2019 Awareness Night Prostate Cancer Genetics: Where are we now? Justin Lorentz  MSc, CGC Cancer Genetic Counsellor Lead,Male Oncology Research and Education (MORE) Dept of Radiation Oncology, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre     CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 41:24 minutes 

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New Guidelines Advise MRI Scan Could Best Detect Prostate Cancer And Save Men Needless Surgery in the Process

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All men should be screened for prostate cancer, at some point, but those who are most at risk for the condition might no longer need a biopsy and surgery under brand new guidelines from the National Institutes of Health and Care Excellence. Read the article here.

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Can Frankenstein’s finger convince men to get tested for prostate cancer? New ad campaign hopes so

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Prostate Cancer Canada is encouraging men to get tested for the potentially deadly disease with a bold campaign that references historical and fictional characters in the form of latex gloves – yes, those donned by doctors for the often dreaded digital rectal exam meant to detect the presence of tumours in the male sex gland. Read the article here.

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Cancer immunotherapy: What’s on the horizon?

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Cancer remains one of the world’s top healthcare challenges, but over the years our ability to treat the disease has dramatically improved. In fact, there is a sense that a new generation of therapies – and particularly those harnessing the power of the immune system – could dramatically extend expected survival and even effect long-term cures in patients. Read the article here.

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