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A new study just published in The Lancet has reported that — among men who have urinary incontinence 6 weeks after a radical prostatectomy (RP) — formal one-on-one training of patients by expert therapists does not in fact reduce the rate of continence at 12 months compared to patients in a control group.
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: continence, exercises, incontinence, Kegel, outcome, radical prostatectomy, randomized, training, trial | 4 Comments »
The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has always believed that preoperative training of the pelvic floor muscles (using Kegel exercises) would be likely to improve recovery of continence after radical prostatectomy,
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: Kegel exercises, plevic floor muscle, surgery, training | 3 Comments »
Today’s reports address: How German prostate cancer specialists would treat themselves Identification of patients appropriate for focal therapy Italian management of men with an elevated PSA level Triple therapy for men with T3a,b disease
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Treatment | Tagged: bias, elevated PSA, focal therapy, Italy, T3 disease, training | Leave a Comment »
This weekend’s news includes items on: The ongoing major prostate cancer screening trials The changing landscape of first-line management for early stage, low risk prostate cancer Outcomes of RALP procedures in which surgical fellows participate Hypofractionation procedures in radiotherapeutic treatment The current state of sexual rehabilitation post-prostatectomy
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: active surveillance, focal therapy, hypofractionation, outcomes, RALP, screening, sexual rehabilitation, training, trials | 2 Comments »
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