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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The term “debulking” denotes the radical treatment (via prostatectomy or radiation therapy) of the cancerous prostate — lmost always in newly diagnosed patients — after distant metastases have been discovered. … READ MORE …
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One really has to wonder whether we are still treating elderly men, initially diagnosed with organ-confined prostate cancer, with first-line or “primary” androgen deprivation therapy ADT)! And if we are, why on Earth is that? … READ MORE …
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A newly published article on the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine offers some helpful guidance to primary care physicians on the subject of prostate cancer diagnosis and its management. … READ MORE …
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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 …
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Primary melanoma of the prostate is so rare that only five cases of this disorder have ever been reported in the medical literature — and your sitemaster had never even heard of this form of prostate cancer prior to seeing the care report referred to below. … READ MORE …
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The most widely used definition of biochemical failure after primary radiation therapy is the so-called “Phoenix” definition. It’s called that because it was adopted by consensus at a meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in Phoenix, AZ, in 2005. … READ MORE …
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In another paper just published on-line in JAMA Internal Medicine this week, the authors have provided additional data indicating — once again — the lack of any value of primary androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in the management of early-stage, localized prostate cancer among older patients. … READ MORE …
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Data from a large, retrospective study, reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, suggest something that many expert clinicians and patients have long suspected … that early use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) alone is not an effective treatment for most men with early stage prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A recent case report by Humphrey in the Journal of Urology offers information about a 67-year-old patient found to have a form of prostate cancer known as angiosarcoma of the prostate. … READ MORE …
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Many patients with no specific evidence of metastatic disease now receive primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT) much earlier than was the case before the availability of the PSA test. This includes patients who get hormone therapy for a rising PSA after other forms of first-line therapy and patients who receive hormone therapy as their first-line treatment. … READ MORE …
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