Posted on February 4, 2021 by Sitemaster
Early in 2020, in the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a suggestion (based on data from a small Italian study) that men who were using androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to manage their prostate cancer might be at lower than average risk for becoming infected with this virus. … READ MORE …
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Posted on August 12, 2020 by Sitemaster
An article published in Communications Biology has suggested that all prostate cancer patients should be routinely tested fro risk of infection with COVID-19. This appears to be a questionable piece of advice for the average prostate cancer patient. … READ MORE …
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Posted on May 1, 2020 by Sitemaster
So — rather obviously — the web has been swamped with information about COVID-19 over the past 2 months or more. That information runs the gamut from very accurate, well-constructed guidance to utter garbage, and it would have been impossible for us to sort it all out for you. So we haven’t tried. … READ MORE …
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Posted on April 9, 2020 by Sitemaster
A panel of top radiation oncologists in the US and the UK has addressed the question of putting off or shortening various kinds of radiation treatment (RT) for prostate cancer at a time when it is best to maintain distance from institutions that treat patients. … READ MORE …
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