The decision about whether or not to treat the entire pelvic lymph node area along with the prostate (called whole pelvic radiation therapy or WPRT) or to treat just the prostate with a margin around it (called prostate-only radiation therapy or PORT) has long been a matter of judgment. … READ MORE …
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Whether whole pelvic radiation therapy (WPRT) is beneficial for men newly diagnosed with Gleason grade 9/10 (Grade Group 5) is controversial. … READ MORE …
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For many years now, The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink has argued (on the basis of no good data at all) that starting to do Kegel exercises prior to having surgery for prostate cancer was likely to be able to accelerate recovery of good continence after one’s surgery. … READ MORE …
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With the introduction of robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) there came suggestions from some surgeons that this technique made pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) more difficult. However, a new review by a respected international group of authors clearly disagrees with this suggestion. … READ MORE …
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There’s a lot of news this morning, so we are breaking it up into two sections (Parts A and B) to make it easier to read. … MORE …
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 