Savita Dandapani, MD, PhD, discussed combining radium-223 and SBRT for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.
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 is important that patients be counseled accordingly prior to treatment." Dr. Stember presented the results of a study that examined the ejaculation profiles of men who underwent RT for prostate cancer. John P. Mulhall, MD, is senior author of the study. He is the director of the Male...
In general, there are 2 major treatment options for prostate cancer. On one side you have the surgery, on the other side, I call it “The whole other bucket of treatments” that include: proton beam, cyberknife that is very advertised – that goes in the bucket of radiation. Seed implant...
“If these outcomes hold over time and the results can be reproduced by others, then this combination of radiation therapies for prostate cancer will yield some of the lowest toxicity rates of any definitive treatments for prostate cancer. This would be the treatment for prostate cancer. A patien...
Opposing Views Surgery Provides Better Oncologic Outcomes than Radiation for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer CON "It is not what you don't know that gets you into trouble, It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so." dMark Twain M ANY urologists seem to "know" that radical pros...
byFox Chase Cancer Center When treating prostate cancer with radiation therapy, side effects such as urinary problems and rectal pain and bleeding are a concern, as is impact on the patient's overall quality of life. So when new, more efficient treatment methods are developed, one important que...
Pelvic radiation is a common therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer. A complication of this therapy, radiation proctitis, may be limited to the direct posttreatment period or it may appear as serious complications that occur months to years after therapy has been completed. Mucosal damage, ...
Dose escalationImage guidancePurpose: The present status of intensity-modulated radiation therapy ( IMRT ) for treatment of localized prostate cancer is ... M Guckenberger,M Flentje - 《Strahlentherapie Und Onkologie》 被引量: 166发表: 2007年 Development of clinical trial protocols involving advanced...
Seventy-four percent of men treated with a combination of radiation seed implants and external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer are cured of their disease 15 years following their treatment, according to a study released today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics...