Radiationis another possibility. With external beam radiation, high-energy beams that deliverphotons, target and kill the abnormal cells of the prostate from outside your body. Another treatment ischemotherapy, which uses powerful chemicals, destroy the cancer cell...
"There is a general fear of this kind of radiation treatment on the part of some patients and their physicians, but this study shows that it not only effectively eradicates the recurrent cancer in a substantial number of patients, but that there are few serious side effects," says the study...
Prostate cancer drugsDiscusses factors to be considered when selecting treatment options for prostate cancer. Anatomy of the prostate; Chemotherapy; Radiation therapy; Side-effects of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist. INSET: Chemotherapy for pr...
The ability to define clinically insignificant prostate cancer in a patient with a relatively short life expectancy could help avoid unnecessary surgery, radiation therapy, or other treatments, and, until now has not been possible. In a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medic...
Are there any long-term effects patients should be aware of from both surgery and radiation for prostate cancer? Sartor: Yes. With regard to surgery, most of the [side effects] can come relatively early, and then there's a period of healing. Occasionally, there can be problems with urethra...
Prostate cancer surgery to remove the cancer and sometimes the prostate itself, if it has not spread Radiation, which targets and kills the cancer cells Chemotherapy drugs that destroy cancer cells Cryotherapy, which freezes thecancer cells, or high-intensity focused ultrasound, which kills cells wit...
Exablate Prostateis a safe and effective heat-based method of destroying low to intermediate risk prostate cancer. It uses MRI-targeted Focused Ultrasound to ablate (destroy) the targeted tumor plus a margin of safety. The procedure uses no surgical incisions or radiation, and is customized to ...
Prostate cancer is the most frequent cancer in men and a leading cause of cancer death. Determining a patient’s optimal therapy is a challenge, where oncologists must select a therapy with the highest likelihood of success and the lowest likelihood of toxicity. International standards for prognost...
Seibert 1,64 ● The PRACTICAL Consortium 1 Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA 2 Healthlytix, 4747 Executive Dr. Suite 820, San Diego, CA, USA 3 The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK 4 Royal Marsden...
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed human cancers in males. Nearly 191,930 new cases and 33,330 new deaths of PCa are estimated in 2020. Androgen and androgen receptor pathways played essential roles in the pathogenesis of PCa. An