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A paper currently “in press” in the Journal of Urology suggests that annual PSA testing “may be safely discontinued after 10 years for men with a prostatectomy Gleason score 6 or less and/or limited life expectancy.”
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So the highlight of the meeting today has been a series of lectures given at the meeting of the Society for Urologic Oncology that were (to a large extent) focused on issues related to health outcomes and prostate cancer.
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According to an announcement from the Veterans Administration (VA), it intends to roll out a new program called the Million Veterans Program or MVP which will allow pre-approved research teams to access (de-identified) genetic, military exposure, health, and lifestyle information on U.S. veterans together through one single database.
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: genetics, lifestyle, outcomes, risk | 1 Comment »
The recently published long-term results of RTOG 98-05 illustrate at least one way in which we can start to get better insight into the effectiveness and safety of new forms of treatment for localized prostate cancer as compared to older forms of treatment — without having to conduct complex and socially difficult randomized clinical trials.
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In a poster today at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, data was presented on 4-year follow-up of quality of life (QOL) among men treated with conformal proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT).
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: outcomes, PBRT, proton beam radiation therapy, QOL, quality of life | 6 Comments »
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) continues to gain advocates as a minimally invasive form of treatment for patients with localized and locally advanced prostate cancer, as well as for patients requiring salvage therapy after first-line radiation and after radical prostatectomy.
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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.
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In early 2009 the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ESRPC) reported a reduction of 20 percent in prostate cancer-specific mortality in a screened cohort of men aged between 55 and 74 years of age — as opposed to an unscreened cohort with the same age constraints.
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As online technology has gradually improved we are starting to see the development of online health information management and outcome services that are designed for use by cancer patients in general and prostate cancer patients specifically.
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In a newly published report, a team of clinicians from Columbia University Medical Center has provided data on the 10-year follow-up of a small group of patients treated with salvage or primary cryotherapy for prostate cancer.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a draft version of a detailed techology assessment report entitled, “Comparative evaluation of radiation treatments for clinically localized prostate cancer: an update.”
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Today’s news reports include commentary on studies dealing with: Whether RALP outcomes are really comparable to those from RRP Surgical expertise, surgical caseload, and pelvic lymphadenectomy in treatment of intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer Sexual function after first-line treatment with SBRT (CyberKnife) Distinguishing true biochemical recurrence from a PSA “bounce” after 125I-based prostate brachytherapy
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: bounce, CyberKnife, ED, failure brachytherapy, LRP, lymphadenextomy, outcomes, PSA, RALP, robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, SBRT, sexual function, stereotactic body radiotherapy | Leave a Comment »
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