The idea that most men will recover meaningful erectile and sexual function after treatment for prostate cancer has long been disputed by many in the patient community. We now seem to have some better data supporting the patient perspective. … READ MORE …
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A researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Nursing is conducting a study to better understand supportive care needs and quality of life among individuals with ADVANCED forms of prostate cancer. If you live in the USA or its territories and are a patient with ADVANCED (i.e., recurrent, non-localized, or metastatic) prostate cancer, you are potentially eligible to participate. … READ MORE …
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Once again your sitemaster finds himself flabbergasted at just how often we need to repeat similar experiments to prove the obvious. … READ MORE …
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Some 15 months ago, we reported the initial, primary results of the TOAD trial, which showed an overall survival benefit for immediate as opposed to delayed initiation of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in non-metastatic patients considered to be inappropriate for curative therapy. … READ MORE …
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A small, recent pilot study in Geneva, Switzerland, has shown that radiation therapy (RT) + androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) can be given safely to frail patients with non-metastatic, locally advanced or aggressive, intermediate prostate cancer, if and when a multidisciplinary care program is implemented to help such frail patients to limit risk for and manage predictable side effects. … READ MORE …
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As some older readers may remember, the phrase “And now for something completely different” was a recurring introduction to the next form of surreal madness on “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (although its origins precede Monty Python). … READ MORE …
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According to a paper presented today at the annual meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU) in Munich, Germany, men on a structured active surveillance (AS) protocol have a high, long-term quality of life on follow-up. … READ MORE …
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So our friends at UroToday have started providing reports on the key presentations that are being given at the annual meeting of the European Association of Urology, being held this year in Munich, Germany. Here are links to some interesting reports … READ MORE …
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The ability and willingness of physicians to discuss issues related to sex, sexual function, and specific sexual activities with their patients (and their partners) before or after prostate cancer treatment is notoriously not seen to be high by most prostate cancer patients (although there are exceptions to that general rule). … READ MORE …
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As regular readers will be aware, the data from the CHAARTED trial were the first to show that combining androgen deprivation (ADT) with docetaxel chemotherapy has a significant, life-extending benefit in at least some men newly diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Another new paper has indicated that erectile function is better preserved among men treated by brachytherapy (radioactive seed implantation) than among men treated by radical prostatectomy or by external beam radiation therapy. … READ MORE …
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Data from a small study presented at an international conference held by the Society of Integrative Oncology in Boston last week have suggested that yoga may have some benefits for men receiving radiation therapy for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Reducing the number of radiation treatments but giving a slightly higher dose of radiation at each visit (“hypofractionation”) had no long-term differential effect on patients’ urinary, rectal, or sexual quality of life, … READ MORE …
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This is the third and last of three reports discussing a recent, detailed paper by Evans et al. The first (Part 1) was published on Tuesday, August 25, and Part 2 on Wednesday, August 26. … READ MORE …
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