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The largest single-institution study of its kind has found few complications in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after surgery to remove the prostate. Men in this study received radiotherapy after a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test following surgery indicated their cancer had recur...
of AR[4]. After an initial period oftumor regression, prostate cancers become unresponsive to these therapies and eventually progress to the “castrate-resistant” state. Currently, there is no curative treatment available for castrate-resistant prostate cancer, and chemotherapy has limited benefits in...
Once radiation is done for the prostate, surgical removal of the prostate becomes very difficult, and is not usually offered as a treatment option. However, it can be used if prostate cancer recurs after surgery. Side effects of radiation are similar to those of surgery and include erectile dy...
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More than 40% of men with intermediate-risk or high-risk prostate cancer will experience a biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Clinical guidelines for the management of these patients largely focus on the use of salvage radiotherapy with or without systemic therapy. However, not all ...
A’breakthrough’ in prostate cancer - six years late! Almost six years after CANCERactive told you the benefits ofHiFU High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound- as an alternative to surgery in cancers confined within the prostate, the therapy is making front page headlines in British Papers. Typically...
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...
After receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer, traditional modalities of treatment are often the first to come to mind. Radiation, prostate cancer surgery, chemotherapy, and cryosurgery, among others, are all conventional methods of treatment that are routinely explored when in the pursuit of a pro...
cases were diagnosed in 2018, accounting for 13.5% of all cancer diagnoses1. Most early-stage prostate cancer has a satisfactory survival time after surgery and/or androgen deprivation therapy (ADT)2. Once primary prostate cancer progresses to metastatic prostate cancer, patients have a poor ...