PSA doubling time or PSADT is a valuable prognostic factor in assessing the need for second- or even third-line treatment in men with biochemical progression of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A recent report in Cancer again seems to suggest that men with prostate cancer treated by radical prostatectomy (RP) who have a long time to biochemical recurrence (BCR) or a long PSA doubling time after BCR may have no higher overall risk of death than men who have no BCR at all. … READ MORE …
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Researchers associated with the Duke Prostate Cancer have re-calibrated an older nomogram (used to predict the likelihood of biochemical recurrence after a radical prostatectomy or RP). The revised nomogram is now capable of predicting not only biochemical recurrence but also the much more clinically significant risk for an aggressive recurrence — in which the post-surgical PSA doubling time (PSADT) is < 9 months. … READ MORE …
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D’Amico and his colleagues demonstrated some time ago that PSA velocity and PSA doubling time (PSADT) are valuable tools in predicting which patients with recurrent prostate cancer after first-line treatment are at greatest risk of metastatic disease and prostate cancer-specific mortality. But they have now shown that PSADT is less predictive of risk in men with other “comorbid” health problems. … READ MORE …
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A new study from a group at Duke University has attempted to assess whether data based on PSA doubling times in men with PSA levels up to 0.2 ng/ml can be used as effectively to make early treatment decisions for men with a rising PSA after first-line therapy as can PSA doubling times for men with PSA levels higher than 0.2 ng/ml. … READ MORE …
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There has been an on-going difference of opinion within sections of the urology community regarding the value of PSA velocity and/or PSA doubling times in predicting outcomes to first-line prostate cancer treatment. … READ MORE …
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We apologize to readers the lack of a weekend news report due to travel constraints, but this report will include all the past 3 days news that we are aware of, including:
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