Long-term clinical results are limited but promising. Cryosurgery Side Effects Side effects may include moderate pelvic pain, blood in urine, scrotal swelling, mild urinary urgency, and impotence. Cryosurgery Related News Click here for the latest prostate cancer news. ...
Treatment side effectsQualitative researchPurpose To investigate men's experiences of receiving external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) with neoadjuvant Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) for localized prostate cancer (LPCa) in the ProtecT trial. Methods A longitudinal qualitative interview study was embedded in ...
Purpose The goal of this work was to investigate the oncological outcome of whole pelvis radiotherapy (wpRT) in pathologic pelvic lymph node-positive (pN1) prostate cancer (PCa), evaluate the location of relapse, and identify potential prognostic factors. Patients and methods All patients undergoing...
What is Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer? There are three ways radiation may be delivered to prostate cancer patients: by a machine outside the body (external beam radiation therapy), by placing radioactive materials inside the body (internal radiation therapy or brachytherapy), and by ingesti...
The current standard treatment for high-risk stage II prostate cancer is EBRT in conjunction with long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). By combining ADT with a higher dose of EBRT delivered with 3D-CRT or IMRT radiation therapy the outcomes of high-risk patients can be improved. General...
Prostate cancer is comprised nearly always of adenocarcinomacells -- cells that arise from glandular tissue. Cancer cells are named according to the organ in which they originate no matter where in the body we find such cells. Thus, if prostate cancer cells spread in the body to the bones, ...
Prostate cancer is comprised nearly always of adenocarcinomacells -- cells that arise from glandular tissue. Cancer cells are named according to the organ in which they originate no matter where in the body we find such cells. Thus, if prostate cancer cells spread in the body to the bones, ...
Evaluations of the costs of palliative external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for treatment of bone metastases are limited. To summarize EBRT lifetime care patterns in deceased men with metastatic prostate cancer treated in a cancer hospital in the United States. A retrospective review of electronic...
Historically, patients with locally advanced disease and high-grade prostate cancer have not been viewed as good candidates for RP, due to the high incidence of positive pelvic lymph nodes and poor long-term survival rates [3], [4]. The advent of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening and...
Prostate cancer is comprised nearly always of adenocarcinomacells -- cells that arise from glandular tissue. Cancer cells are named according to the organ in which they originate no matter where in the body we find such cells. Thus, if prostate cancer cells spread in the body to the bones, ...