Researchers are also looking for better ways to distinguish between slow-growing andfast-growing prostate cancers. British Journal of Erology 79(Suppl 1):68-71, 1997. Screeningfor prostate cancer in American men. American College of Preventive Medicine.K BoydCvshealthresources Com...
your doctor will regularly draw blood to check your PSA levels. Undetectable or low PSA levels usually mean that the treatment is working. If your PSA levels go up, it’s a sign that the cancer has started growing again. If this happens, your cancer is considered castrate-resistant, and ...
Because prostate cancer is usually slow-growing, many men opt for and benefit from watchful waiting. Risks of Watchful Waiting Cancer may grow between monitoring visits and quickly spread to other parts of the body. About Watchful Waiting
For some cancers, no treatment may be necessary because they are very slow-growing. Low-gradeprostate cancerin men over the age of 70 is a good example of a cancer that often does not require immediate treatment. Most cancers do require active treatment. If the cancer is confined to only ...
All prostate cancer patients (719 patients) within a specified population were studied in order to assess both the overall economic burden of this disease to the health-care economy and its burden to the individual patient. The economic burden was estimated as the total lifetime expense (1995 pr...
Active surveillance is used to monitor slow-growing, low-risk or localized prostate cancer rather than treating it straight away. It typically involves regular prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screenings, prostate exams, imaging studies, and repeat biopsies to carefully monitor prostate cancer misclassifi...
"For patients who appear to have slow-growing, non-aggressive cancers, MRI can confirm there is no aggressive cancer present. For such patients, surveillance is an excellent choice," McLaughlin says. "By avoiding treatment altogether when appropriate, all the side effects and quality of life impa...
(under 70 years of age and definitely under 60 years of age) may have either more aggressive prostate cancers or live long enough to experience the adverse effects of undetected/untreated prostate cancer. Conversely, men over 70 often have more indolent or slow-growing prostate cancers or other...
(under 70 years of age and definitely under 60 years of age) may have either more aggressive prostate cancers or live long enough to experience the adverse effects of undetected/untreated prostate cancer. Conversely, men over 70 often have more indolent or slow-growing prostate cancers or other...
Some prostate cancers are so slow-growing that data suggests the risks of treatment may outweigh the benefits. Watchful waiting or active surveillance - which involve monitoring patients without delivering treatment - are options, especially for those patients with low-risk disease or limited life expe...