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Dr. Donald F. Gleason dies at 88; pathologist devised prostate …
Los Angeles Times CA
men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year according to the American Cancer Society will know their Gleason score and what it means about the likelihood that they will be among the 28660 who will die from it. Gleason was an unknown junior-grade pathologist at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in 1962 when he was approached by the hospital’s chief of urology Dr. Mellinger was administering a cooperative research project on prostate cancer involving 14 hospitals and asked Gleason to develop a standardized rating system for tumors to ease communication between the groups. At the time there was no uniform system for determining the grade of prostate tumors — a measure of how far they had progressed and of their likely course. Each pathologist pretty much used his own system which made comparing research results among different groups nearly impossible.
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Baltimore Sun United States
Applestein joined the hospital’s professional staff in 1988. He graduated cum laude from Duke University with a bachelor of science and from the University of Maryland with a doctorate in medicine. He completed a surgical internship and residency at University of Maryland Hospital as well as a residency in urology. He is certified by the American Board of Urology. In 1999 Applestein received a master’s degree in business from the. He is with Central Maryland Urology Associates P.
Cancer expert to head HSU urology division
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The gift to HSU from Knight and his wife Penny was used tocreate the HSU Knight Cancer Institute and help recruit andretain outstanding cancer health care professionals. © 2009 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
Paladin Mission Pharmacal Enter into Distribution Agreement Urocit-K®
Renal Business Today AZ
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Urocit-K® is a slow-release formulation of potassium citrate used to treat calcium and uric acid kidney stones. “Paladin’s dynamic portfolio in the urology space and their demonstrated success introducing specialty pharmaceutical products in Canada makes them the ideal partner for Urocit-K® and Mission” said Neill B. president of Mission Pharmacal. “We look forward to building a long and successful relationship with Paladin that will benefit Canadian patients and their healthcare providers. “Paladin intends to launch Urocit-K® 540 mg and submit the 1080 mg formulation for approval in 2009.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
MEDICALCarrie Horwitch is the new governor-elect for the Washington chapter of the American College of Physicians. Jeaux Rinehart has been elected president of the Washington State Emergency Nurses Association. Kathleen Kobashi was elected president of the Washington State Urology Society. Fred Govier was elected the 2009 president of the Northwest Urology Society. The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute named Michael Podlin its vice president of institutional advancement. NNPRFITCreative Activities hired Jef Nobbe as associate director. REAL ESTATEColliers International named Bret Jordan managing director of its Bellevue office and named Angela Mar to its Seattle office leasing team.
International Robotic Urology Symposium Reports on Benefits of …
PR Newswire (press release) NY
Professor and Vice Chair of theDepartment of Urology at the University of California Irvine and apioneer in robotic prostate surgery presented “Physiology of SurgicalInjury Following Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy Is There a Role forHypothermia?” at the International Robotic Urology Symposium (IRUS) beingheld in Las Vegas Nevada January 12-14 2009. Ahlering presented dataon the potential benefits of pelvic cooling during robotic-assistedprostatectomy surgery. He introduced and discussed the benefits ofInnerCool’s new UroCool(TM) catheter system designed to induce localizedcooling during both robotic and open prostatectomy surgeries. TheSymposium sponsored by the Henry Ford Hospital Detroit attractsinternationally renowned physicians in robotic prostatectomy femaleurology gynecology kidney pediatric urology and adrenal and single-portlaparoscopy.
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