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Cooking the prostate gland
Written by: W. Gifford-Jones M.D., Special to QMI AgencyMar. 9, 2013
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| Physicians across the country said Canada's health care system has improved, but still see a lot of room for improvement.(Fotolia) |
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? No one knows. Nor has anyone, to this point, found the answer to treating prostate cancer. Now, a treatment called high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is available. So could this procedure be the ultimate way to cure prostate malignancy?
In North America, every three minutes, a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer and every 15 minutes a man dies from it. The major problem has always been, which men should be treated, and when should doctors follow a wait-and-see policy?
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