It’s been a while since we last discussed the reporting of surgical margin status after radical prostatectomy and the prognostic value of positive surgical margins in determination of who would be wise to consider immediate, adjuvant radiation therapy as opposed to waiting until the need for salvage radiation therapy became evident. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: prognosis, report, standardize, surgical margins | 8 Comments »
In March 2009, Thompson et al. published data from the SWOG 8794 trial showing that adjuvant radiation therapy immediately post-surgery significantly improved the oncologic outcomes of men with pathologic T3N0M0 prostate cancer compared to later salvage radiation, but … READ MORE …
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News reports over the weekend included:
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Treatment | Tagged: biopsy, cryotherapy, Gleason grading, lymph node dissection, surgical margins, surgical technique, white cocoa tea | Leave a comment »
Today’s news reports discuss such issues as:
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: 3T MRI, aggressiveness, biopsy, low PSA levels, prognosis, risk, sextant, surgical margins | Leave a comment »
There is a significant number of new reports today, addressing such issues as: data from a large series of robotic prostatectomy patients; the importance of positive surgical margins and their management; the significance of number of positive lymph nodes in N+M0 patients; evolving models of the role of testosterone in prostate cancer progression; and data on the clinical use of the investigational LHRH antagonist degarelix. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Degarelix, positive lymph nodes, robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy, surgical margins, testosterone | Leave a comment »
