Prostatectomy Articles & Analysis
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Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men. Every year this diagnosis is made about 900 thousand times, in developed countries the disease affects up to 14% of the entire male population with oncology due to longer life expectancy. We spoke with adult prostate cancer survivors. ...
Compared to standard systematic biopsies, MRI-targeted fusion biopsies improve the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer. Studies have shown MRI can be a cost-effective and accurate first-line diagnostic tool for the early detection of prostate cancer. If the MRI is negative, patients may avoid biopsy, whereas positive results provide an action plan for biopsy and potential ...
Today we are announcing the successful completion of urological surgeries with Dexter® – the first and only on-demand robotic surgery platform. In a world-first, Dr. Dominik Böhlen carried out a series of urological procedures using our novel, Swiss-made surgical robot. Dr. Böhlen and his team leveraged Dexter to assist them in the most difficult work steps during various ...
Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and commercialization of innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals, today announced publication of key results from its Phase 3 SPOTLIGHT trial of F-rhPSMA-7.3 in recurrent prostate cancer in an abstract being presented at the ASCO 2022. Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU). F-rhPSMA-7.3 is an investigational ...
BURLINGTON, Mass. and OXFORD, UK, October 19, 2021 - Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and commercialization of innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals, today announced presentations on Axumin® (fluciclovine F 18) and 18F-fluciclovine at the upcoming American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2021 Annual Meeting, to be held in Chicago, III., ...
CMR Surgical – the global surgical robotics business – has today announced the introduction of the Versius® Surgical Robotic System in Poland at Salve Medica Medical Centre in Lódz, the third largest city in Poland. At Salve Medica, Versius is being used in urology, with plans to expand into general surgery and gynaecology as part of a multispecialty robotics programme. ...
CMR Surgical – the global surgical robotics business – has today announced the successful completion of high-volume urological procedures at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) using the next generation surgical robotic system, Versius®, in Pakistan. SIUT is a renowned, charitable institute, providing free state of the art medical treatment to all patients, ...
Profound Medical Corp. (NASDAQ:PROF; TSX:PRN) (“Profound” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage medical device company that develops and markets customizable, incision-free therapies for the ablation of diseased tissue, today announced that the first patients have been treated in the Level 1 ‘CAPTAIN’ trial. CAPTAIN (A Comparison of TULSA Procedure vs. Radical ...
CMR Surgical (CMR) – a global surgical robotics business – today announced Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust as the latest NHS Trust, and first site in London, to adopt the Versius robot. The renowned teaching hospital has adopted the versatile technology in order to increase patient access to minimal access (or keyhole) surgery across both of its London sites. ...
Ryan Rhodes, new CEO of EDAP USA was featured in MDDI this week. Rhodes hales from Intuitive Surgical where he helped build the DaVinci Robot brand. He compares HIFU to the early days of robotic surgery: “The HIFU market is still in its infancy, and Rhodes said it reminds him of his early days at Intuitive Surgical, when the Irvine, CA-based robotics company was focused on prostate cancer, ...
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Cancer Targeted Technology (CTT), a privately-held Seattle-based biotechnology firm focusing on small molecules that target pivotal enzyme targets on cancer, announced that a Phase I clinical trial has commenced in men with high risk metastatic prostate cancer. In late August, the Food and Drug Administration cleared CTT’s first Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for a Positron ...