In regards to radiation therapy, what we've found is that men may not suffer the side effects immediately. But the effects of radiation therapy, we found, are somewhat more delayed.
"There is a general fear of this kind of radiation treatment on the part of some patients and their physicians, but this study shows that it not only effectively eradicates the recurrent cancer in a substantial number of patients, but that there are few serious side effects," says the study...
Kim Y,Roscoe J A,Morrow G R.The Effects of Information and Negative Affect on Severity of Side Effects from Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer[J].Support Care Cancer,2002,10(5):416-421.The effects of information and negative affect on severity of side effects from radiation therapy for ...
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...
Around 50% of patients with solid malignant tumours receive radiation therapy with curative or palliative intent at some point in the course of their disease. Early and late side effects limit radiation dose and might affect the long-term health-related quality of life of the patient. The classi...
OBJECTIVES: To determine how men treated for localized prostate cancer and who had permanent side-effects, and healthy controls, would value five descriptions of health states associated with side-effects of treatment for localized prostate cancer, hypothesising that patients would value the health stat...
Side Effects Of Cryotherapy As with all treatments for prostate cancer, cryotherapy can cause a number of different side effects. These will affect each man differently and you may not experience all or any of them. After undergoing prostate cancer cryotherapy, some patients may experience the foll...
Hormonal therapy is typically short. Now, recurrences after radiation are problematic because the treatment of the prostate itself can yield more side effects than you might have in the absence of radiation. If you do surgery, which is an approach, you're going to have relatively poor healing ...
radiation side effects and its higher cost compared to other treatments. Our study shows there is a benefit for men withprostate cancerto receive IMRT over conventional treatment in terms of gastrointestinal side effects. But there is no difference between the two treatments in terms of urinary ...
This book is a comprehensive handbook designed for quick reference by medical oncologists on the side-effects of cancer therapy drugs, including the chemotherapeutic drugs. Organised by organ system, it will list the toxicity, side-effects and measures of prevention pertaining to each type of drug...