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A new paper recently published on line in Urology (“the Gold Journal”) suggests that men with diabetes who are treated with curative intent for localized prostate cancer using external beam radiation therapy may experience higher than normal risk for late genitourinary complications and adverse effects. … READ MORE …
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A retrospective analysis has (again, somewhat predictably) shown that adding long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to dose-escalated radiation therapy improves outcomes of men initially diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: deprivation, androgen, radiation, ADT, "high risk", long-term, external beam | 30 Comments »
Long-term data from the Radiaton Treatment Oncology Group (RTOG) 00-19 Phase II trial of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) + low-dose-rate permanent implant brachytherapy (LDR-BT) has suggested that this type of radiation treatment is probably no more effective than either EBRT or LDR-BT alone … but does have a greater risk for long-term side effects. … READ MORE …
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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. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: brachytherapy, complications, cost, external beam, first line, radiation, radical prostatectomy, Treatment | 3 Comments »
A new article in the journal Anticancer Research suggests that patients had greater satisfaction after modern forms of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) than after some other standard forms of first-line treatment. Of course the absolute truth of this conclusion may be affected by the details of the study. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: brachytherapy, external beam, hormone therapy, outcome, patient, radiation therapy, satisfaction, surgery | 1 Comment »
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