In a recent commentary, the Sitemaster mentioned some common adverse effects of radical prostatectomy, some of which (e.g., perceived penile shrinkage, climacturia) are seldom mentioned by urologists to prospective patients, and are not routinely included in standardized quality-of-life questionnaires. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: complications, intensity-modulated, primary, radiation, side effects | 8 Comments »
The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has consistently encouraged newly diagnosed patients who are thinking about radiation therapy as treatment for low- and intermediate-risk, localized prostate cancer to consider enrolling in the ongoing, randomized, Phase III clinical trial known as the PARTIQoL trial. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: IMRT, intensity-modulated, PBRT, proton, radiation, trial | 2 Comments »
Proponents of proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT) have long touted its theoretical, healthy, tissue-sparing effects. However, … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: IMRT, intensity-modulated, PBRT, photon, proton, radiation | 9 Comments »
A recent, retrospective analysis of Medicare data suggests that men who have first-line stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) are at somewhat higher risk for genitourinary (GU) side effects than men who select intensity-moduated radiation therapy (IMRT). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: body, CyberKnife, IMRT, intensity-modulated, SBRT, sterotactic | 5 Comments »
Prostate cancer patients who are to be treated with any type of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for localized prostate cancer today can be pardoned if they are confused by the many ways in which that radiation therapy can be aimed and targeted through the use of image guidance (IGRT) systems. The variety of methods is significant and growing. … READ MORE …
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Two recent papers have reported data relevant to the application of high-dose, image-guided, intensity-modulated forms of radiation therapy (IGRT/IMRT) in the first-line treatment of men with localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: IGRT, image-guided, IMRT, intensity-modulated, radiation therapy, side effects, toxicity | 2 Comments »
Prostate cancer patients are commonly concerned about the potential risks for side effects associated with adjuvant and salvage radiation therapy after a preceding, first-line, radical prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: IMRT, intensity-modulated, prostate bed, radiation, side effect, toxicity, whole pelvis | 2 Comments »
According to a media release from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, (and another from the American Society of Radiation Oncology [ASTRO]), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is associated with fewer complications than traditional, three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) in the treatment of non-metastatic prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: 3D-CRT, conformal, IMRT, intensity-modulated, outcome, radiation, side effects | Leave a comment »
The relative merits of proton beam radiotherapy (PBRT) and the more commonly available intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) as forms of external beam radiation for prostate cancer are much debated … with minimal supportive evidence on either side of the debate because no comparative trial has ever been carried out. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: cancer, IMRT, intensity-modulated, PBRT, proton beam, radiation, second, therapy | 3 Comments »
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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 »
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