Posted on December 30, 2015 by Sitemaster
A new study in JAMA Oncology has suggested that surgical orchiectomy may have lower risk for complications and side effects than medical castration with LHRH agonists (also known as GnRH agonists) like leuprolide acetate (Lupron) and others in treatment of men newly diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. This is a complex issue! … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: adverse effects, castration, medical, metastatic, orchiectomy, surgical | 11 Comments »
Posted on August 19, 2015 by Sitemaster
… know the Gleason score of the tissue at that positive surgical margin as well as and as opposed to just the Gleason score of the primary tumor. It makes a difference to your risk for biochemical recurrence. Your doctors need to know this information too! … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Gleason, margin, positive, recurrence, risk, score, size, surgical | 12 Comments »
Posted on November 3, 2014 by Sitemaster
Could more intensive monitoring of PSA levels in the first few months after a radical prostatectomy help to determine which patients who have a positive surgical margin (PSM) need adjuvant radiation therapy and which don’t? … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: follow-up, margin, positive, PSA, surgery, surgical | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 2, 2012 by Sitemaster
When women and their doctors talk about “hormone therapy” they are most commonly referring to the (now) highly controversial issue of whether hormonal supplements (estrogen and progesterone) should be used at and after menopause to prevent the symptoms of menopause and/or later risks related to heart disease and osteoporesis. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: androgen deprivation, castration, definition, hormone therapy, medical, surgical | 21 Comments »
Posted on May 17, 2012 by Sitemaster
A media release issued by Henry Ford Health System earlier today has a distinctly misleading headline that reads as follows: “Higher hospital volume more important than surgeon experience in outcome of prostate cancer surgery.” You need to read the content of the media release with care to understand that this headline is by no means an accurate summation of the results of the study referred. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: hospital, outcome, surgery, surgical, volume | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 10, 2008 by Sitemaster
A study just published by Sæther et al. appears to suggest that the clinical finding of a positive surgical margin (PSM) is not an important independent predictor for risk of progression when compared to other data available at the time of surgery. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Management, Treatment | Tagged: cancer, margin, news, positive, prognosis, prostate, PSM, surgical | Leave a comment »
Posted on August 12, 2008 by Sitemaster
There are several interesting new papers reported today, and two very important ones (which have been addressed in separate posts). This post addresses:
- A retrospective analysis of the relative predictive value of positive surgical margins following radical prostatectomy in the pre- and post-PSA eras
- A new nursing model for management of urinary incontinence post-prostatectomy
- The importance of assessing risk for transitional zone prostate cancer in patients already diagnosed with bladder cancer, and
- A review of developing strategies for the treatment of late-stage prostate cancer
- Other reports today address adjuvant vs. salvage radiation therapy and quality of care in management of early stage prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: bladder, cancer, castration-resistant, incontinence, Management, margins, news, positive, prostate, prostatectomy, radical, surgical, transitional zone, update, urinary | Leave a comment »
Posted on July 29, 2008 by Sitemaster
Here is Part B of your daily prostate cancer news update. Unless someone announces a cure for prostate cancer we will probably hold any further news until tomorrow! … MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: AIPC, androgen-independent, cancer, cut-point, hormone refractory, HRPC, laparoscopic, margin, news, open, positive, prostate, prostatectomy, PSA, PSM, radical, somastatin, surgical, update | 1 Comment »
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