Some recent randomized clinical trials have shown that adding androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to radiation therapy can improve outcomes in some circumstances. However, … READ MORE …
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It’s now a relatively rare occurrence (about 12 percent of new patients) to be newly diagnosed with pelvic lymph node positive (N1) prostate cancer. Traditionally, this had been treated with ADT only because radiation therapy (RT) was thought to be of no benefit in extending survival. … READ MORE …
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So the initial results of the AVIAS trial are not going to make a couple of our regular readers too happy — although at least a trial of the type they have been asking for has now been carried out. … READ MORE …
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A newly published study has added to the mounting evidence that resistance training and related exercises are a valuable complement to medical care for men on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). … READ MORE …
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Stone, Stock, and colleagues at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, have been treating prostate cancer patients with brachytherapy since 1990 and (to whatever extent was possible) maintaining meticulous records throughout that time period. … READ MORE …
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According to a review article recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, “Among patients … treated with androgen-deprivation therapy, appropriately prescribed exercise is safe and may ameliorate a range of treatment-induced adverse effects.” … READ MORE …
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According to a report on Practice Update last Monday, some interesting data were presented at a plenary session at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) based on 10-year follow-up of men in the RTOG 9910 trial. … READ MORE …
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It has long been understood that treatment of prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) can both increase the risk for diabetes among non-diabetic patients and can decrease sensitivity to insulin among men with diabetes. What has been missing, however, are good data about how ADT affects diabetes control among men with diabetes. … READ MORE …
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Black males have high rates of incidence and mortality associated with prostate cancer … significantly higher than Caucasians of similar ages. Thus, Black male patients are more likely to require androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (PCa), and suffer associated side effects (including loss of muscle mass, weakness, fatigue, and reduced quality of life [QoL]). … READ MORE …
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Unsurprisingly, according to a new article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, long-term androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is closely associated with loss of lean muscle mass (known as sarcopenia) in men being treated for prostate cancer. However, this appears to be the first time anyone has shown there is an age-related factor that is relevant to the degree of loss of lean muscle. … READ MORE …
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