Every couple of years we ask our readers to let Great NonProfits know if we are doing a good job for you. And it’s that time again. … READ MORE …
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Liquid biopsies, ctDNA, and the diagnosis and management of cancers
Posted on March 6, 2018 by Sitemaster
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the College of Pathologists (CAP) have just issued a joint review of available information on clinical use of “liquid biopsies” to assess circulating levels of tumor DNA (ctDNA). … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: biopsy, circulating, ctDNA, DNA, liquid, review, test, tumor | 2 Comments »
Are genomic tests “up to snuff” for routine use in prognosis of prostate cancer risk?
Posted on August 8, 2017 by Sitemaster
The Intergroupe Coopérateur Francophone de Recherche en Onco-urologie (ICFuro) has just published a review of the available evidence on the clinical validity and utility of six prognostic biomarkers available for the assessment of prostate cancer-related risk. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: 4Kscore, Decipher, GPS, MiPS, Oncotype, phi, prognosis, PROLARIS, review, test | 4 Comments »
A thorough review of immunotherapeutics in the treatment of prostate cancer
Posted on April 27, 2017 by Sitemaster
A new review article has just been published in the journal Critical Reviews in Hematology Oncology. It is probably a current “must read” for support group leaders and for any patients who are interested in the idea of using immunotherapy as a treatment for progressive and advanced forms of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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State of the art lectures at the EAU meeting in London
Posted on April 14, 2017 by Sitemaster
Recently posted on the UroToday web site are summaries of four “state-of-the-art” lectures on prostate cancer and its management presented a couple of weeks ago at the annual meeting of the European Association of Urology is London. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: hereditary, mCRPC, mpMRI, review, state-of-the-art | 10 Comments »
A pathological “take” on the potential role of focal therapy
Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sitemaster
Various forms of focal therapy are now being used by some physicians to treat selected patients with well-identified, usually relatively small, “dominant” or “index” tumors that are confined to highly defined areas of the prostate. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: focal, pathology, patient. selection, review, therapy | 4 Comments »
The current role of sipuleucel-T in the management of advanced prostate cancer
Posted on December 14, 2016 by Sitemaster
A new review article has provided a detailed update on the current state of knowledge about the use of sipuleucel-T (Provenge®) in the treatment of advanced forms of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Provenge, review, sipuleucel-T, update | Leave a comment »
A useful new series of clinical review articles
Posted on October 5, 2016 by Sitemaster
At least some of our readers will be interested in knowing about a series of straightforward, clinical review articles on various aspects of prostate cancer diagnosis and management that have just started to be published on line in a new journal called Everyday Urology – Oncology Insights. … READ MORE …
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Focal cryotherapy in the treatment of localized prostate cancer
Posted on January 6, 2015 by Sitemaster
A recent article in Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy has assessed the effectiveness and safety of focal cryotherapy in the first- and second-line treatment of localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: cryosurgery, cryotherapy, focal, outcomes, review | 3 Comments »
RALP in treatment of high-risk prostate cancer: a systematic review
Posted on July 15, 2013 by Sitemaster
Researchers from City of Hope in Los Angeles have conducted an expert, systematic review of the published literature on the use of robot-assisted, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) in the management of high-risk, localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: "high risk", laparoscopic, localized, outcome, prostatectomy, RALP, review, robot-assisted | 2 Comments »
New review of current practice in use of LHRH receptor agonists and antagonists
Posted on April 8, 2013 by Sitemaster
The full text of a recent review on the use of LHRH receptor agonists (e.g., leuprolide acetate, goserelin acetate) asnd LHRH receptor antagonists (e.g., degarelix) has recently been published by Shore et al. in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. The full text of the article is also available on line on the Medscape Oncology web site.
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: agonist, antagonist, LHRH, receptor, review | 3 Comments »
Active surveillance — a comprehensive review (with comment)
Posted on July 31, 2012 by Sitemaster
In another article in European Urology, Dall’Era et al. have provided a thorough review of published outcome data from the seven largest known series of patients being managed under active surveillance (AS). Unfortunately the full text of this article is not available on line. … READ MORE …
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Expert video-discussion on evolution in the management of late stage prostate cancer
Posted on May 12, 2012 by Sitemaster
Here is a link to a recent 20-minute video-discussion on the Medscape web site between an number of European experts on evolutions in the management of castration-resistant (and earlier forms of) prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: advanced, castration-resistant, mCRPC, review, video | Leave a comment »
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