It would be all too easy to get the idea — from the title and abstract of a recently published study — that proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) was more effective than permanent seed brachytherapy in the treatment of men with low- and some intermediate-risk prostate cancers. This would be a very inappropriate conclusion. … READ MORE …
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An early release paper in the Canadian Urological Association Journal offers information on a series of patients treated with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) as salvage therapy after biochemical progression following high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as their first-line treatment. … READ MORE …
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According to data just published in the March issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics, patients diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer who take statins while receiving radiation therapy have a better prognosis than patients treated with radiotherapy who don’t take statins. … READ MORE …
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The Irish Clinical Oncology Research Group trial 97-01 was a randomized clinical trial designed to compare the long-term outcomes of patients treated with either 4 months or 8 months of hormonal therapy given before external beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Earlier this year we reported on a paper by Zelefsky et al. suggesting lower levels of prostate cancer-specific morbidity and mortality after surgery than after radiation therapy. Now there’s similar data from the CaPSURE registry. … READ MORE …
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We know that statin therapy appears to lower risk for prostate cancer and to increase the overall survival of men diagnosed with prostate cancer. However, what we don’t know (yet) is whether statin therapy during and after specific types of treatment has prostate cancer-specific outcome benefits. … READ MORE …
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There is an increasing range of evidence to suggest that men who are on long-term statin therapy (with drugs like simvastatin, atorvastatin/Lipitor, or rosuvastatin/Crestor) are at lower risk for prostate cancer and do better than average in terms of treatment outcome if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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There are few good data on the occurrence of chronic fatigue after first-line treatment of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A newly published report suggests that sexual function does indeed decline after external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for prostate cancer — but only over the first 2 years post-treatment. … READ MORE …
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In today’s news reports we comment on three different articles dealing with radiotherapy in first-line treatment for localized prostate cancer:
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A paper in press in the Journal of Urology has suggested that, for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer who elect treatment with a combination of standard (low dose) brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), the addition of hormone therapy adds little in terms of clinical benefit. … READ MORE …
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A long-term study from the Mayo Clinic reports a low incidence of complications (other than erectile dysfunction) following salvage radiotherapy for men with prostate cancer recurrence after an initial radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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Earlier this year we reported the initial results of a truly randomized Canadian trial of cryotherapy vs. external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The same group of authors have now reported follow-up data on quality of life. … READ MORE …
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In today’s news reports we comment on studies dealing with:
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In today’s news reports you will find items on:
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