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New Zealand
REPUBLIC of IRELAND
This clinic in Co.Kildare are using both the Mediwatch Portaflow and PSAwatch/Bioscan system.
UNITED KINGDOM
"GlamUrologyGlamorgan Urology
A 10 minute PSA test is now available at Glamorgan Urology - PSAwatch. Contact us for details
6 Jul"
Glamorgan Urology 'Twitter' page
Glamorgan Urology
PROSTATE SCREENING TRUST
Patients Power
As a patient group who believe in screening we will be offering blood test to men and follow up with an individual management program.
Prostate Screening Trust
Prostate Cancer-New Tests Available-PSA watch™ & PCA3
These new tests provide a significant step forward in the early diagnosis of Prostate Cancer – a key factor in determining survival. We are delighted therefore to be the first provider of both these tests in Essex.
PSA watch™ is the first test to provide immediate, on the spot, measurement of PSA from a single drop of capillary blood. With no more waiting for lab results, it is the ideal test for our one-stop Prostate Cancer Diagnostic and Screening Service and is equally useful for follow-up patients. As well as its convenience it is also significantly cheaper, especially for self-pay patients.
Anglian Urology
New prostate centre opens at Spire Gatwick Park Hospital
A centre of excellence which specialises in diagnosing and treating a variety of prostate problems launches today in the South East. The British Prostate Centre will stand at the forefront of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment in the UK by providing the best possible care and counsel to patients across the South East.
Paul Miller explains; ‘The British Prostate Centre is all about empowering men and their families and providing patients with the best possible advice and treatment. It is a ‘virtual’ concept with clinics based in various convenient locations across the South East, including Brighton, Gatwick, Hayward’s Heath, and Tunbridge Wells - our aim is to make it easy and convenient for patients to choose when and where they want to see a specialist’.
The Centre also offers the latest diagnostic tools for early and advanced stages of prostate cancer, the PCA3 test, as well as the more traditional PSA test and the new PSA Watch test.
Spire Healthcare
The British Prostate Centre
We offer all our patients the new 10 minute PSA test. This means we can carry out the test and discuss your results during a single visit to our clinic.
Alan Doherty, Clinical Director of The Birmingham Prostate Clinic comments: “The big benefit of this new development is it enables the patient to discuss his results with the consultant immediately.
“Instead of sending patients home, often feeling very anxious about their results before returning to clinic days or weeks later, we can offer them an almost instant response.
“That may be to reassure them that they are not at risk of prostate cancer, or we may need to arrange for further tests to take place. In either scenario, we are able to eradicate that period of anxiously waiting.”
The Birmingham Prostate Clinic
NEW CLINIC TO PROTECT MEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER
We provide expert and experienced urological diagnosis and treatment personalised on the individual man or woman with the newest and best technology available.
For example, with prostate problems, we can examine a man's genetic profile to see if he has some of the underlying genes that increase the risk of developing prostate cancer. We use the PCA3 score in addition to PSA to determine the risk of prostate cancer. PSA results are available within 10 minutes of testing using the new PSAWatch.
Windsor Urology
ITALY
I'm not a 100% sure on this but will post the links:
Dr. Andrea Loreto - Urologists
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Dr. Andrea Loreto - Urologists
PSA Watch Bioscan
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PSA Watch Bioscan
Not a good video for PSA Watch,
ReplyDeletemore about how to take blood than the significance of the results.
This will not replace the need for biopsy testing and will only offer an additional test at additional cost to the NHS
Hello Anonymous,
ReplyDelete"Not a good video for PSA Watch,
more about how to take blood than the significance of the results."
That is the whole point of the video as in giving details on how to use the system:
"The company asked Quiet Storm to create a DVD to promote its revolutionary new product, called PSAwatch, from its point-of-care biochemistry range. MediWatch also wanted to use the DVD for product training so the content had to appeal to consultants, doctors and nursing staff."
http://www.quiet-storm.net/news/psawatchdvd
The results of a test would be given to a qualified person eg Doctor or Urologist to interpret the results.
"This will not replace the need for biopsy testing and will only offer an additional test at additional cost to the NHS"
I think we better start off with some basic information here:
There are only two initial tests that are carried out regarding the possible early detection of Prostate Cancer (PC) and these are the PSA test (Prostate Specific Antigen)along with the DRE (Digital Rectal Examination).
These two tests should be carried out together and not one or the other!
These two tests are not for the positive detection of PC but are used as an initial aid in highlighting that there may be a problem that should then lead to a repeat of the two tests (in my opinion) if the results cause concern.
A biopsy is an invasive test that is not 100% accurate as it depends on hitting the part of the prostate that is cancerous when a sample is taken.
Therefore a biopsy is the second route after the two initial tests.
The PSAwatch system saves time and money that is all and this being the case would cause no additional cost to the NHS.
I hope the above helps although brief but if you require any more information that can't already be found on this blog then please post.
I think it might be wise to clarify my position in case it has been missed:
ReplyDeleteI'm an investor in Mediwatch (MDW) the company and have no medical background or medical qualifications.
Now that I have repeated that I'm an investor I better state that the share price can go up or down and only buy shares with money you can afford to lose,that goes for any stock!
This blog is mainly set-up for me to gather information relating to my holding in Mediwatch.
Any views I express here on this blog are only my views and therefore are not the view point of Mediwatch the company,unless stated otherwise..........think that covers everything?