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Earlier this year, in late May and early June, Prostate Cancer International (PCaI) conducted what we have described as a very primitive pilot survey on prostate cancer patients’ perceptions of “value” in the management of this disease. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Diagnosis, Management, patient, results, survey, Treatment, value | 5 Comments »
When your sitemaster speaks to the assembled audience at the annual meeting of ASTRO this coming Sunday, one point he intends to make relates to the importance and value of clear, straightforward, high-quality communication between physicians and patients. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: communication, value | 2 Comments »
Another breathless media release has announced enrollment of the first patient into a Phase II clinical trial of yet another new form of high-intensity, focused ultrasound (HIFU) in men with low-risk and favorable, intermediate-risk, localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: focal, HIFU, high-intensity, trial, ultrasound | Leave a comment »
Over the years, we have been asked several times whether there is a role for any type of immediate treatment in men with a high level of concern for their risk of prostate cancer — despite a negative finding on prostate biopsy. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: outcome, prophylactic, RALP, risk, surgery | 11 Comments »
A group of Spanish clinical researchers have reported recent data from a small study designed to address an unanswered question about the recovery of (relatively) normal hormonal function after completion of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment | Tagged: ADT, androgen, deprivation, function, hormone, long-term | 4 Comments »
Another subject that has come up a lot recently is when to have salvage radiation. It is always a pressing decision for those 30 percent of prostatectomy patients who have detectable PSA after prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: adjuvant, outcome, radiation, salvage, timing | 10 Comments »
I was reticent to write about hypofractionation yet again after writing about it so often in the last year (see this link for my latest summary). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: hypofractionation, IMRT, outcomes, radiation, therapy | 1 Comment »
