Posted on April 22, 2013 by Sitemaster
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 »
Posted on September 4, 2010 by Sitemaster
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 …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: adjuvant, post-surgery, radiation, salvage, surgical margins, T3 disease | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 29, 2010 by Sitemaster
News reports over the weekend included:
- Various review articles dealing with such matters as Gleason grading, numbers of cores taken at biopsy, the need for lymph node dissection, surgical technique and surgical margin control, and cryotherapy
- The effect of a water extract of white cocoa tea on prostate cancer cells in vitro and in a mouse model … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Treatment | Tagged: biopsy, cryotherapy, Gleason grading, lymph node dissection, surgical margins, surgical technique, white cocoa tea | Leave a comment »
Posted on July 2, 2009 by Sitemaster
Today’s news reports discuss such issues as:
- Sextant biopsy in diagnosis of unilateral prostate cancer
- Aggressiveness of prostate cancer in man diagnosed with PSA < 4 ng/ml
- The potential of 3T MRI in prostate cancer prognosis pre-surgery
- Surgical margins and risk for biochemical recurrence post-surgery … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: 3T MRI, aggressiveness, biopsy, low PSA levels, prognosis, risk, sextant, surgical margins | Leave a comment »
Posted on October 15, 2008 by Sitemaster
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 »