Seminars in Radiation OncologyLee IH, Sandler H (2008) Hormone therapy and radiotherapy for intermediate risk prostate cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol 18: 7–14Lee I, Sandler H. Hormone therapy and radiotherapy for intermediate risk prostate cancer. Semin Radiat Oncol 2008; 18(1):7 - 14....
Prostate cancer patients who receive hormone treatments before undergoing three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) do not have increased side effects compared with those not receiving hormone therapy before radiation, according to a new study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology...
In addition to clinical outcomes, the research team also examined the immune stimulating effects of radiation. “In our study, we saw increased T-cell activation and other signals of greater immune activity in patients on the combined therapy arm but not in the hormone therapy-only arm...
The results from recent randomized trials were used to identify subpopulations of patients most likely to benefit from long versus short-term hormonal therapy with external beam radiotherapy. Radiation Therapy Oncology Group study 9413 included 1,323 men with prostate cancer and a risk of lymph node...
To keep breast tissue from growing, you can have radiation therapy. But this doesn’t work once the tissue has already grown. Sexual Health Testosterone levels impact sex drive, so hormone therapy can change your sex life. Since this type of treatment lowers testosterone levels, you may lose ...
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer is also being tested in combination with other therapies, likeradiationandchemotherapy. One recent study looked at men with locally advanced prostate cancer - cancer that has spread outside the prostate, but not yet into other parts of the body. Researchers found...
Radiation Plus Hormone Therapy Extends Survival in Patients With High-Risk Prostate CancerAlice Goodman
Payne H, Khan A, Chowdhury S and Davda R: Hormone therapy for radiorecurrent prostate cancer. World J Urol: Sep 21, 2012 (Epub ahead of print).Payne H, Khan A, Chowdhury S, Davda R. Hormone therapy for radiorecurrent prostate cancer. World J Urol 2013;31:1333-1338 PubMedH.Payne, ...
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...
If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you may be offered hormone therapy to treat it. Increasingly, hormone therapy is the treatment of choice, rather than surgery. Surgery to reduce hormone levels may only be offered if the can