A newly published article in the Journal of Urology has indicated risk of an association between treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and risk for a spectrum of liver disorders. … READ MORE …
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A newly published paper in The Lancet Oncology has provided early data from the LATITUDE trial on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for men with newly diagnosed, high-risk, metastatic, castration-naive prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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One of the annoyances associated with radiation treatments given over a long duration (for prostate cancer and for other reasons) is a growing feeling of fatigue. … READ MORE …
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Two recent papers have addressed evolution in our knowledge of the impact of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) on various mental aspects of the health of patients with prostate cancer and their partners as well. … READ MORE …
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A newly published study in BJU International suggests (unsurprisingly) that androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is associated with an increased risk of death among men with such cardiovascular conditions as congestive heart failure or prior heart attacks. … READ MORE …
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Regular readers will be familiar with the fact that new drugs for prostate cancer are often tested against a “placebo.” They may also have heard the term “the placebo effect,” which generally implies that some interventions with no known (or theoretically possible) therapeutic benefit can be demonstrated to have a very real therapeutic effect. … READ MORE …
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The U.S. Food & Drug Adminstration (FDA), yesterday, issued a statement about modifications to the labeling (the product prescribing information) for the two branded formulations of finasteride: Propecia® (finasteride 1 mg) and Proscar® (finasteride 5 mg). These modifications to the product labeling may be relevant to some men with or at risk for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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An article by a group of Romanian researchers published in October this year may have some controversial implications — so we want to be very clear that we don’t think too much should be read into it unless their data can be replicated by others. … READ MORE …
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