Prostate cancer, disease characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells within the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is a frequently diagnosed cancer among males. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of prostate cancer.
100 Home-care needs of patients with prostate cancerdoi:10.1016/S1462-3889(14)70119-XI. AydinA. CalogluS. ZenginZ. BaharElsevier BVEuropean Journal of Oncology Nursing
Preclinical testing is a crucial step in evaluating cancer therapeutics. We aimed to establish a significant resource of patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) of prostate cancer for rapid and systematic evaluation of candidate therapies. The PDX collection comprises 59 tumors collected from 30 patients betwe...
Some data exist on information and decision-making preferences of elderly prostate cancer patients but little is known about whether communication needs are being met in urological practice. Therefore, it was the aim of this study to examine the information and shared decision-making experiences of ...
"We suspect that 340B hospitals potentially have some resources or mechanisms that are helping these vulnerable patients maintain adherence,” says Kassem S. Faraj, MD. Diagnostic Practices in Prostate Cancer Matthew Smith, MD, PhD;Brian Helfand, MD, PhD ...
Almost all patients in the early stages of prostate cancer can achieve five-year survival, which means clinical recovery.What's more, 97 percent of patients have good function over urinary control and more than 70 percent have sexual...
In some patients, this method may be used with traditional radiation. Or, if the prostate gland is too large for brachytherapy, hormone therapy can shrink the prostate to allow brachytherapy to be done. Hormone therapy Hormone therapy is the recommended treatment for advanced prostate cancer. ...
Knowledge of the prognostic factors of PCa and the bone metastasis pattern of patients would be helpful for patients and doctors. The data of 177,255 patients with prostate cancer diagnosed between 2010 and 2013 with at least five years of follow-up were retrieved from the Surveillance, ...
(Maddams et al., 2012). Over the last ten years the treatment of prostate cancer has changed dramatically and there has been a considerable increase in the treatment options available to those with relapsed, metastatic or progressive disease. As a result, patients can live for many years and ...
Conclusions: A new definition of the treatment volume excluding the anterior base for low-risk prostate cancer patients may be justified 展开 关键词: Prostate cancer Brachytherapy Treatment volume Prostate specific antigen Gleason score Clinical stage DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00434-9 被引量: ...