New York Times
Trial Supports Earlier Use of a Prostate Cancer Drug
By ANDREW POLLACK, May 17, 2012
A new drug used to treat advanced prostate cancer may also help men if used early in the course of the disease, before an operation, researchers reported Wednesday.
Abbott Licenses Biomarkers
For Use In Differentiating Aggressive From Nonaggressive Prostate Cancer
April 17, 2012
Detection of Gene Abnormalities May Help Men Determine the Best Approach to Treatment
Abbott Park, Ill/PRNewswire/ - Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today it has acquired an exclusive license for several novel biomarkers from Stanford University for use in developing a molecular diagnostic test that could satisfy a longstanding unmet medical need: differentiating aggressive from nonaggressive prostate cancer.
Prostate Cancer Survivor
200 Mile Bike Ride!
Bruce Rice, 54, is getting ready for a 200-mile bicycle ride this year in his home state of New Hampshire to help raise money for the cancer center where he was treated.
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Kris Green joins NHPCC Board of Directors
Kristine A. Green of Hooksett, Practice Manager and Executive Nurse for Concord Hospital’s Urologic Care Center, has been elected to the board of directors of the NH Prostate Cancer Coalition.
Currently president of the New England chapter of the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates, Ms. Green supervises 36 employees and coordinates the activity of eight urologists at Concord Hospital’s Center for Urologic Care. She also is the practice manager of the hospital’s Wound Healing Center.
A Certified Urologic Registered Nurse for 16 years, she graduated from New Hampshire Technical College in Manchester, Rivier College in Nashua and received her Master of Science degree in Healthcare Administration from New England College.
Her interests include hiking, kayaking, cross county skiing and watching the New England Patriots to which she has season tickets.
Dr. David Gilmour joins our Coalition
Dr. David Gilmour of Hollis, a retired cardiologist and prostate cancer survivor, has been elected a director of the N.H. Prostate Cancer Coalition, reports President Steve Ladew of Merrimack.
A native of Charlotte, N.C., Dr. Gilmour graduated from Davidson College in 1962 and Harvard Medical School in 1966. He was a resident and fellow at the Harvard Service at Boston City Hospital, a physician at Hammersmith Hospital in London and a faculty member at Boston City Hospital. He joined Dr. James Squires in Nashua in 1972 at the Matthew Thornton Health Plan, which became the first HMO in New Hampshire.
He later practiced with Dr. Peter Hacker in Nashua. After retiring in 2000, he biked across the country with veterinarian George Wrightson of Hollis. The past ten years he has worked part time for Bike Vermont, leading tours in Vermont, Maine, and Scotland. David is a volunteer driver and a member of the board of Meals on Wheels.
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