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In today’s news reports we comment briefly on recent papers that deal with: Radical prostatectomy in men > 75 years of age The impact of anticoagulant therapy on clinical outcomes after radiation therapy The “feasibility” of pre-surgical, docetaxel-based chemotherapy in high-risk patients
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Data presented last Monday at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) suggest a possible role of anticoagulant therapy (using drugs like aspirin, warfarin, or clopidogrel/Plavix) in combination with radiation for the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
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A recent study has assessed the risk of bleeding as a consequence of radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer in men being treated with anticoagulants .
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