So in this series of reports on what happened at the 3rd Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) in Basel, Switzerland, we will not be trying to get into detail about exactly what data got presented each day. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: APCCC, genetics, genomics, node-positive, oligometastatic, recurrent | 3 Comments »
In a recent commentary (see this link), we saw that some clinicians are making unsubstantiated claims of cancer control from treatment of oligometastases (less than 5 detected metastases). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: body, oligometastatic, radiation, SBRT, stereotactic, trial | 16 Comments »
Many patients wonder, if they just have a couple of metastases, why can’t those be “zapped” by a few quick SBRT treatments and they can’t thereby be cured of their prostate cancer? Or, even if they can’t be cured, can’t the cancer’s progression be slowed down? … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: efficacy, oligometastatic, outcome, radiation, SBRT | 8 Comments »
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