Posted on January 19, 2012 by Sitemaster
Two “pro” and “con” commentaries appeared on line this week in the Journal of Urology under the heading “Focal therapy will become standard treatment for localized prostate cancer.” .. READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: con, focal therapy, outcome, pro | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 18, 2011 by Sitemaster
It is well understood that current Western screening and diagnostic processes commonly identify patients with low volume, low Gleason grade prostate cancer tumors (e.g., a single biopsy core with < 10 percent of the core positive for cancer of Gleason score 3 + 3 = 6). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: candidate, focal therapy, incidence, risk, selection | 12 Comments »
Posted on April 25, 2011 by Sitemaster
For several years, various research teams have been assessing the potential of focal therapy as a means to treat carefully selected men with localized prostate cancer. However, to date, the ability to identify such men with accuracy prior to such treatment is still in question. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: focal therapy, multifocal, outcome, unifocal | 5 Comments »
Posted on February 21, 2011 by Sitemaster
To date there have been few data from well-documented, prospective series of patients receiving any form of focal therapy as treatment for localized prostate cancer, and the criteria for the appropriate clinical use of focal therapy are still a matter of considerable debate. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: focal therapy, hemiablative, HIFU, high-intensity focused ultrasound, outcome | 7 Comments »
Posted on October 5, 2010 by Sitemaster
Historically, “success” in the treatment of localized prostate cancer was the elimination of all evidence of cancer from the patient’s prostate and other nearby tissues — through radical surgery or radiation therapy of some type. But the increasing acceptance of active surveillance and the evolution of focal forms of therapy have introduced whole new ways of thinking about the “successful” management of low- and even intermediate-risk, localized disease. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: active surveillance, control, cure, focal therapy, risk | 4 Comments »
Posted on September 2, 2010 by Sitemaster
In a presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Urology Association earlier this year, researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) provided some interesting data on the natural history of prostate cancer in patients initially diagnosed with low-risk disease. … READ MORE …
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Posted on April 25, 2010 by Sitemaster
… after you pass away, this is the sort of study that you may be able to watch it be used for (always assuming that there is actually a life after death and that you have the ability to observe what happens to your prior “vessel”). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: ablation, focal therapy, laser | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 20, 2010 by Sitemaster
In today’s news reports we note new articles dealing with:
- Biopsy protocols, patient selection, and focal therapy
- Tertiary Gleason pattern 4/5 and risk for progression post-RP
- Evolving data on the uses of bisphosphonates and denosumab
- SKIs in treatment of advanced forms of prostate cancer … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: bisphosphonate, dasatinib, denosumab, focal therapy, Gleason, saracatinib, tertiary, zoledronate | 7 Comments »
Posted on November 8, 2009 by Sitemaster
This weekend’s news report includes items on:
- Numbers of biopsy cores and accuracy of diagnosis for focal therapy
- Early data from the Prostate Cancer Research International: Active Surveillance (PRIAS) study
- Ultrasensitive PSA testing and risk of progression following radical prostatectomy … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: active surviellance, biopsy, cores, focal therapy, progression, PSA, radical prostatectomy, ultrasensitive | Leave a comment »
Posted on October 26, 2009 by Sitemaster
An article in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine has argued that an earlier report, postulating the monoclonal origin of lethal metastatic prostate cancer, increases the justification for focal therapy for early stage prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Posted on June 9, 2009 by Sitemaster
Today’s news reports deal with items on:
- The mechanism of action of D,L-sulforaphane
- Isolation of an active protein from the bitter melon plant
- The potential of focal therapy for localized prostate cancer
- Reconstruction of the lower urinary tract after radical prostatectomy
- Hypofractionated intensity-modulated arc radiotherapy in N1 prostate cancer … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Prevention, Treatment | Tagged: arc, bitter melon, focal therapy, hypofractionated, intensity-modulated, radiotherapy, reconstruction, sulforaphane, urinary tract | Leave a comment »
Posted on May 28, 2009 by Sitemaster
Dr. Aaron Katz has been practicing cryotherapy at Columbia University Medical Center in New York since 1993, so one could reasonably expect him to have a sophisticated appreciation for the pros and cons of this technique. … READ MORE …
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by Sitemaster
Today’s reports address:
- How German prostate cancer specialists would treat themselves
- Identification of patients appropriate for focal therapy
- Italian management of men with an elevated PSA level
- Triple therapy for men with T3a,b disease … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Treatment | Tagged: bias, elevated PSA, focal therapy, Italy, T3 disease, training | Leave a comment »
Posted on May 16, 2009 by Sitemaster
Today’s news reports cover such matters as:
- Genistein as a prostate cancer stimulating agent
- Molecular characterization of advanced prostate cancers
- Imaging technology and focal therapy … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Prevention, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: focal therapy, gene expression signature, genistein, imaging | Leave a comment »
Posted on April 24, 2009 by Sitemaster
In today’s news report we touch on papers that address:
- Genome studies and identification of real genomic risk for prostate cancer
- More on the potential of 5-ARIs in prevention of prostate cancer
- Whether we really need more studies on selenium as a potential prostate cancer prevention agent
- The evolving potential of targeted focal therapy … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Prevention, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: 5α-reductase inhibitor, focal therapy, genome, marker, Prevention, risk, selenium, SNP, targeted | Leave a comment »