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, slow-growing prostate cancer opt for no immediate treatment beyond active surveillance, many men diagnosed with the cancer – especially those under age 60 who are in good health with a long life expectancy – choose to have their cancer treated without delay with either surgery or radiation....
"Watch and wait," is a phrase that is being used more frequently to describe a program of active surveillance without other cancer treatment for some patients with prostate cancer. It means that if your cancer is not aggressive (based on the Gleason score and the cancer stage), treatments ma...
In general, there are 2 major treatment options for prostate cancer. On one side you have the surgery, on the other side, I call it “The whole other bucket of treatments” that include: proton beam, cyberknife that is very advertised – that goes in the bucket of radiation. Seed implant...
Part 1: screening, diagnosis ad local treatment with curantive intent – update 2013. Eur Urol 65:124–137 Article PubMed Google Scholar Ku JY, Lee CH, Ha HK (2015) Long-term oncologic outcomes of postoperative adjuvant versus salvage radiotherapy in prostate cancer: systemic review and meta...
If cancer recurs after surgical removal of the prostate, radiation or medical treatment may be advised. Radiation treatment involves EBRT (external beam radiation) and brachytherapy, described above. This is appropriate for patients who have not had prior radiation to the prostate. Medical treatment ...
Pelvic radiation is a common therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer. A complication of this therapy, radiation proctitis, may be limited to the direct posttreatment period or it may appear as serious complications that occur months to years after therapy has been completed. Mucosal damage, ...
Prostate cancer: Post-treatment complications of radiotherapy and prostatectomy. Comment on Lancet Oncol. 2014 Feb;15(2):223-31. Phillips,Robert - 《Nature Reviews Urology》 被引量: 3发表: 2014年 Complications of curative radiation treatment for early prostate cancer Aim To report the incidence ...
Seventy-four percent of men treated with a combination of radiation seed implants and external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer are cured of their disease 15 years following their treatment, according to a study released today in the Internatio
Prostate cancer: Patient-reported functional outcomes with radiation therapyNature Reviews Urology 7, 537 (2010). doi:10.1038/nrurol.2010.159Author: Jeffrey S. MontgomeryIn the PROG 95- ...doi:10.1038/nrurol.2010.159MontgomeryJeffrey S.Nature Reviews Urology...