Prostate cancer news reports: Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Sitemaster

Today’s prostate cancer news reports cover items on: Assessment of quality of life after radical prostatectomy Permanent seed brachytherapy in treatment of localized disease Cryotherapy in treatment of patients with Gleason 8-10 localized disease Actonel and/or estradiol in prevention of SREs

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Prostate cancer news reports: Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Sitemaster

Today’s news reports include discussion of items on: Prostate cancer risk awareness Improving cryotherapy technique with 3D ultrasound Interposition (“sural”) nerve grafting Post-brachytherapy “PSA bounce” The potential of targeted, peptide-linked, α-emitting radioisotopes

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Cryotherapy for localized prostate cancer today: a cryotherapist’s opinion

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Sitemaster

Dr. Aaron Katz has been practicing cryotherapy at Columbia University Medical Center in New York since 1993, so one could reasonably expect him to have a sophisticated appreciation for the pros and cons of this technique.

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More weekend news reports: April 19, 2009

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Sitemaster

The reports discussed below deal with: Positron emission tomography in prostate cancer management HIFU and cryotherapy in focal therapy for prostate cancer Does a prior TURP affect outcomes to radical prostatectomy?

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The Tuesday news update: March 10, 2009

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Sitemaster

Today’s news reports include items on: Risk for prostate cancer Patient decisions about sexual functionality and prostate cancer treatment Whole gland and focal cryotherapy Testosterone replacement after prostate cancer therapy and other items.

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More from the GU Oncology symposium — Part 1

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Sitemaster

We aren’t even going to try to report on all of the presentations and abstracts for this meeting. For people who want to look through this material for themselves, the majority of the prostate cancer abstracts for papers presented yesterday and today are already available on line on the ASCO web site. What we want [...]

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“New” treatments for localized prostate cancer: an expert overview

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Sitemaster

A small international group of very highly respected experts has just published an important review of the current evidence surrounding the application of a  number of the new and/or evolving treatments available for management of localized prostate cancer, with an emphasis on the potential of focal therapy.

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Cryosurgery: best practices in localized disease

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Sitemaster

The American Urology Association has just published a detailed article entitled, “Best practice statement on cryosurgery for the treatment of localized prostate cancer.” The full text of this article is available on line.

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The prostate cancer news: Monday, September 22

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Sitemaster

In today’s news we report on: A review of “modern” cryosurgical treatment for localized prostate cancer A trial demonstrating that sural nerve grafts do not improve erectile function post-surgery

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Prostate cancer news update: Monday, September 15

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Sitemaster

Two new studies address issues related to erectile function and voiding function following radical prostatectomy: The first deals with erectile and voiding function following cryotherapy in a contemporary group of patients The second provides an interesting report on the potential of single-dose erythropoetin prior to radical surgery as a means to optimize post-surgical eretile function.

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Prostate cancer news update: Friday, July 25

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Sitemaster

This morning’s news update includes data on: The value of PSA testing in men who have already had a first, negative prostate biopsy The potential of “partial cryoablation” as second line treatment for men who have disease recurrence following radiotherapy

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Is focal cryotherapy appropriate for localized disease?

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Sitemaster

A review article by Polascik et al. in this month’s issue of Oncology addresses the potential of third-generation cryosurgical technology as a method to treat localized prostate cancer by freezing only targeted areas of the gland as opposed to the entire prostate.

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