The advent of image-guided or CT-based treatment planning, such as 3D-conformal or intensity modulated radiation therapy has allowed safe delivery of high- dose radiation therapy in men with prostate cancer with an acceptable rate of side effects and complications. External-beam radiation therapy ...
It can be the first treatment for cancer that hasn’t spread outside your prostate gland and is “low grade.” The grade is a number that tells you how abnormal your cancer cells look under a microscope. The lower the grade, the more normal-looking your cancer cells are – and, in ge...
RAJ LAUNGANI Well, when you talk about complications of prostate cancer, prostate cancer in and of itself does not have complications. When disease is progressed or when it's advanced, you can suffer some of the side effects of advanced disease, like blood in the urine or difficulty with ur...
What is Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer? There are three ways radiation may be delivered to prostate cancer patients: by a machine outside the body (external beam radiation therapy), by placing radioactive materials inside the body (internal radiation therapy or brachytherapy), and by ingesti...
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Research published in JAMA Oncology on Thursday revealed that higher doses of radiation don’t improve survival for many prostate cancer patients, compared with standard radiation treatment. “Over the past two decades radiation oncologists have become adept at treating men to these higher radiation ...
The research trial, known as RADICALS-RT, enrolled 1,396 patients who had undergone surgery for prostate cancer from the United Kingdom (UK), Denmark, Canada and Ireland. Some of the men were subjected to post-operative radiotherapy. The others were put under observation, with radi...
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...
Prostate Cancer: Surgery or Radiation? While it's a personal decision, understanding the pros and cons of each option can help you decide. Deborah KotzandAnna Medaris MillerFeb. 5, 2019 Future of Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): To measure the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) among community hospital prostate cancer patients with severe late radiation side effects, utilizing a modified SOMA-LENT score system. A secondary objective was to analyze any association of different radiation techni...