In the first trial ever to randomly assign patients to extreme hypofractionation, primary radiation therapy delivered in just seven treatments had the same effectiveness and safety as 39 treatments. … READ MORE …
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Last week, we saw that escalated dose did not improve 10-year overall survival in high-risk men (see this link). The latest published findings of the randomized clinical trial (RTOG 0126) prove that 8-year overall survival was not improved in intermediate-risk men who received a higher radiation dose. … READ MORE …
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Perhaps the single most annoying “side effect” of radiation therapy for prostate cancer is not a side effect at all; it’s the periodic fluctuations in PSA, called “bounces,” that can occur for years after therapy. … READ MORE …
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Two retrospective studies were published in the last week, and they had some similar findings, but some dissimilar things to say about which treatment is best for high-risk prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Erectile function after radiation therapy is of great interest to many men trying to decide between surgery and radiation, and to decide among the several radiation treatment options. … READ MORE …
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The new PSMA-based PET scans provide a way to locate exactly where the cancer has spread to after an unsuccessful prostatectomy. … READ MORE …
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A major new study adds to several other studies that show that, for men with adverse pathology, adjuvant radiation (ART) within 3 to 6 months of prostatectomy saves more lives compared to waiting until the PSA rises into the range of 0.1 to 0.5 ng/ml — salvage radiation (SRT). … READ MORE …
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