It will hardly come as a surprise to most prostate cancer support group leaders and other prostate cancer advocates that there is a strong association between patient age and risk for side effects of radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: complication, outcome, radical prostatectomy, surgery | 4 Comments »
It will come as no particular surprise that men who have had complications after a prior biopsy tend to be less enthusiastic when it is suggested that they need another one. However, … … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Risk | Tagged: biopsy, compliance, complication, repeat | 8 Comments »
A poster presentation given the other day at the annual meeting of the Canadian Urological Association addressed the relative cardiovascular risks of LHRH agonist and antagonist therapies. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: agonist, antagonist, cardivascular, complication, LHRH, risk | Leave a comment »
A new article in Urology (the Gold journal) addresses risk for complications after prostate biopsy in a recent series of > 2,500 biopsies conducted by physicians at a large urology practice in southern California — and what they did as a consequence. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk | Tagged: best practice, biopsy, complication, prophylaxis | 2 Comments »
A newly published article in European Urology has raised a new issue that should be of significant concern to urologists (and to their patients) in relation to risks associated with the possibility of diagnosis of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Risk | Tagged: biopsy, complication, incidence, rates, short-term | Leave a comment »
For several years now, the Ahmed/Emberton-led research team in the United Kingdom (UK) has published the majority of the detailed outcomes data from treatment of men with localized prostate cancer using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). This group has now given us 5-year outcomes on a cohort of > 550 patients. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: complication, focused, HIFU, high-intensity, outcome, side effect, ultrasound | 13 Comments »
… You are going to need to be cautious in using this new tool, as explained below. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: complication, Medicare, rate, surgeon | 9 Comments »
