Historically pelvic lymph node metastasis of prostate cancer has been considered a systemic disease that is incurable by regional therapy, including surgery and radiation. We report a case in which an isolated pelvic lymph node recurrence was removed during low anterior resection of the rectum. The ...
Statin Use and Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence in Men Treated With Radiation Therapy PURPOSE: There has been growing interest in the potential anticancer activity of statins based on preclinical evidence of their antiproliferative, proapopt......
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer—behind skin cancer—diagnosed in men in the United States, with about 174,000 cases diagnosed each year. For most patients, prostate cancer is treated with surgery or radiation or a combination of the two. After surgery, a patient's PSA shoul...
School of Nursing Professors Joan Bottorff and John Oliffe are scientists with UBC's Men's Health Research program. They, along with study lead Wellam Yu Ko, recently published research exploring the journey back into the workforce following surgery to removeprostate cancer. Their research concluded...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), breast cancer (BC) and prostate cancer (PC) continue to be high in the research and innovation agenda of the European Commission (EC). This is due to their exceptionally large burden to the national health systems, the profound
Inclusion criteria were organ confined prostate cancer and a prostate specific antigen less than 15 ng/ml. Exclusion criteria were any prior surgery on the prostate, a history of neurogenic bladder and history of pelvic radiation. A chi-squared test was used for the primary outcome. A total of...
"Our findings give patients and doctors valuable insights into what to expect after ADT treatment, helping them make informed decisions about managing side effects and improving long-term outcomes," said senior author of the study Dr. Amar Kishan, executive vice chair of radiation oncology at the...