Adjuvant Radiation Therapybiochemical recurrenceearly salvage radiation therapyprostate cancerradical prostatectomyIntroduction: Adverse pathological features at radical prostatectomy such as extracapsular extension, seminal-vesicle involvement, positive surgical margins and/or lymph node invasion define a particular ...
One of the thorniest dilemmas posed by prostate cancer is whether, and when, to give radiation therapy—with its potential bad side effects—to men after surgery to remove the prostate gland. Now, three new randomizedclinical trials—the gold-standard type of study—and a statistical "meta-anal...
Penile rehabilitation is an option for most men who undergo prostate surgery to remove their entire prostate gland in order to prevent the further spread of cancerous cells. While there are many different treatments available after receiving the prognosis of prostate cancer including radiation therapy,...
High-risk localized prostate cancer often requires multimodal therapy because of local disease extension and the presence of micrometastases. • Androgen deprivation therapy improves the results of radiation and surgery in select cases. • Current studies are focused on adjuvant chemotherapy and biologi...
Randomized data from SWOG 8794 and EORTC 22911 confirm the benefit of post-operative radiation therapy (RT) for selected patients with pT3 prostate cancer (CaP) after radical prostatectomy (RP). However, data regarding the potential benefit of RT for patients post-RP with positive lymph node (...
To compare the quality-of-life (QOL) perceptions of men treated for prostate cancer with surgery to those of men treated for prostate cancer with radiation therapy. A two-group descriptive study. Midwestern community cancer center and teaching hospital. The study group consisted of 121 men: 68 ...
Radiation Radiation therapy is appropriate for the primary treatment of localized prostate cancer, and secondary treatment for cancer recurring within the region of the prostate. These therapies are typically reserved for patients who are not candidates for surgery, or who do not wish to have surgery...
we evaluated longitudinal samples in five prostate cancer patients over several years. From each patient, we collected post-DRE urine at multiple time points; all patients were managed by active surveillance without any indication of clinical progression (Fig.5a; Supplementary Data1). We used varianc...
Radiation is often the main treatment for prostate cancer that has not spread. It may also be given as follow-up to surgery. Radiation may also be used, in advanced cases, to relieve pain from the spread of cancer to bones.Incontinenceand impotence may also happen after radiation. Radiation...
The number of prostate cancer patients in the U.S. choosing active surveillance over surgery or radiation has rapidly increased since 2010, rising from 16% to 60% for low-risk patients and from 8% to 22% for patients with favorable intermediate-risk canc