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The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has advised GTx to stop development of GTx-758 (also known as Capesaris), its oral drug intended for the treatment of men with advanced prostate cancer, after it became apparent that there was an increase in risk for blood clots in men taking active drug compared to those being [...]
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: blood clots, Capesaris, complications, GTx-758, risk | Leave a Comment »
A new paper by clinical researchers in Korea has concluded that treatment with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) “does not provide effective oncologic outcomes even in low risk patients with prostate cancer as well as in the intermediate or high risk groups,” but does have a low associated incidence of treatment complications.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: complications, first line, HIFU, high-intensity focused ultrasound, outcome | 2 Comments »
An analysis of data on treatment of nearly 137,500 men treated for prostate cancer between 1991 and 2007 has suggested that permanent seed brachytherapy may be safer, less costly, and at least as effective as any other widely available form of first-line therapy for men with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: brachytherapy, complications, cost, external beam, first line, radiation, radical prostatectomy, Treatment | 3 Comments »
According to a new study among Medicare beneficiaries in the USA, researchers have found that 6.9 percent of men having a prostate biopsy are hospitalized within 30 days of the biopsy compared to 2.7 percent of a control group of men who did not have a prostate biopsy.
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: biopsy, complications, hospitalization, risk | 1 Comment »
Soy isoflavones are known to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and to sensitize prostate cancer cells to radiation therapy.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: adverse effects, complications, isoflavone, radiation therapy, soy | 1 Comment »
Over the years there have been almost no publications addressing the complications of proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) among well-defined series of prostate cancer patients. With the number of PBRT centers now growing fast, good data on the side effects of PBRT are an urgent priority.
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: complications, PBRT, proton beam, toxicity | 4 Comments »
The complex and common series of significant short- and long-term complications of radical prostatectomy (RP) — whether conducted with or without the assistance of a robot — are often not well understood by patients when they elect this form of treatment for localized prostate cancer.
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: complications, long-term, outcomes, radical prostatectomy | Leave a Comment »
A new study from a German research group is likely to fuel concerns about some of the risks associated with prostate biopsy.
Filed under: Diagnosis, Risk | Tagged: biopsy, complications, ED, erectile dysfunction, voiding | 5 Comments »
A new report from another group of Canadian researchers has reported a twofold to fourfold increase in the rate of hospital admissions in Ontario within 30 days of the procedure for men receiving a transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS-guided) prostate biopsy between 1996 and 2005.
Filed under: Diagnosis, Risk, Uncategorized | Tagged: biopsy, complications, infection, Ontario, TRUS-guided | 6 Comments »
We want to again make the point that treatment of localized prostate cancer with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), in the hands of inexperienced clinicians, is not necessarily as safe as some of the sales pitches might suggest. In the hands of highly experienced or highly trained HIFU practioners, with access to second- and third-generation equipment, [...]
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: complications, HIFU, high-intensity focused ultrasound | 2 Comments »
A study from the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Sweden has provided some concrete evidence that — with an appropriately high caseload and experience — robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) may, in fact, be associated with a significant reduction in surgical complications by comparison with open, radical retropubic prostatecomy (RRP).
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It is well understood that skeletal complications are a crucial factor in the quality of life and the prognosis of patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC); however, their true prevalence and impact on the prognosis remain largely unknown.
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: bone pain, complications, hormone-refractoery prostate cancer, HRPC, skeletal | Leave a Comment »
In today’s news there are reports on: Initial diagnosis of intraductal carcinoma of the prostate An aborted trial of HIFU using the Ablatherm device Late rectal complications after prostate brachytherapy
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: Ablatherm, brachytherapy, carcinoma, complications, HIFU, high-intensity focused ultrasound, intraductal, rectal | Leave a Comment »
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