Prostate cancer patients who receive hormone treatments before undergoing three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) do not have increased side effects compared with those not receiving hormone therapy before radiation, according to a new study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology...
the prostate, but not yet into other parts of the body. Researchers found that adding just six months of hormone therapy to radiation allowed the men to live longer. Researchers are also studying the effects of hormone therapy earlier in treatment, for instance right after or even before ...
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About 20% of patients with localized prostate cancers have characteristics placing them at high risk of cancer recurrence and progression. Even after treatment with surgery, radiation, and standard hormonal therapy, men with these high-risk prostate cancers (HRPCs) are more likely to have unfavorable...
PurposeWe retrospectively evaluated the benefit of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy administered before salvage external beam radiation treatment in patients with biochemical failure following retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP).doi:10.1097/01.ju.0000106381.86518.60Neulander...
The “potent synergy” between radiation and hormone therapy may be key to the combined treatment’s promise, said Dr. Tang. “Hormone therapy has been shown in multiple studies to synergize with radiation therapy to reduce prostate cancer cells’ ability to repair themselves from radiatio...
[Radiation therapy for prostate cancer in the new S3 guideline. Part 1: localized and locally advanced prostate cancer]. Radiation therapy is a treatment option for curative management of localized and locally advanced prostate cancer. Depending on tumor stage and constellati... D Böhmer,F Wenz...
The primary male sex hormone, an anabolic steroid, which plays the key role in the development of male reproductive tissues such as prostate, testicles and promoting secondary sexual characteristics such as hair growth and increasing muscle and bone mass. ...
treatment. We examined their sensitivities to radiation therapy and the underlying mechanisms. In vitro and in vivo faster tumor growth rate was noted in the HR prostate cancer cells when compared with control. Moreover, HR prostate cancer cells had greater capacity to scavenge reactive oxyge...
The "potent synergy" between radiation and hormone therapy may be key to the combined treatment's promise, said Dr. Tang. "Hormone therapy has been shown in multiple studies to synergize with radiation therapy to reduce prostate cancer cells' ability to repair themselves from radiation-induced DNA...