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New Prostate Cancer Treatment Prevents Cancer Spread

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A recently-released study shows Australian and New Zealand researchers have discovered a powerful new prostate cancer treatment regime that can reduce the spread of aggressive but apparently localised tumours by more than 40 per cent. Read more at

http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/un-doctored/2014/august-2014/15/new-prostate-treatment-prevents-cancer-spread.aspx and the summary article at Lancet Journal at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)70328-6/fulltext

 

Maori men have worse prostate cancer outcomes – see report on study here

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE1408/S00067/maori-men-at-70-increased-risk-of-dying-of-prostate-cancer.htm