In 2016, we looked at the Candiolo risk stratification system for radiation therapy. To our knowledge, it has not been prospectively validated or widely adopted. … READ MORE …
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Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) is a systemic radiopharmaceutical. Radium is chemically similar to calcium and is taken up by bones in places where bone is actively growing, as in prostate cancer bone metastases. … READ MORE …
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Last month, we looked at Level 1 evidence (highest level, superseding all previous studies) that for unfavorable-risk patients, brachy boost therapy (BBT) — i.e., external beam therapy (EBRT) with a brachytherapy boost to the prostate — has better results when accompanied by 18 months of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) (see this link). … READ MORE …
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In a report on the UroToday web site, John Fortin, a prostate cancer patient who chose to have focal therapy himself a while ago, has reported on information presented at the 12th International Symposium on Focal Therapy and Imaging in Prostate and Kidney Cancer, which was held in Washington, DC, in February this year. … READ MORE …
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TROG 01.03 RADAR, begun in 2003, was a (partly) randomized clinical trial to help optimize therapy of unfavorable-risk patients. … READ MORE …
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A panel of top radiation oncologists in the US and the UK has addressed the question of putting off or shortening various kinds of radiation treatment (RT) for prostate cancer at a time when it is best to maintain distance from institutions that treat patients. … READ MORE …
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A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is seeking participants for a randomized, Phase III, clinical trial of the utility of 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT molecular imaging for planning of salvage radiotherapy after first-line treatment for localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A newly published study in Urologic Oncology has reported data from a survey carried out by researchers at the National Cancer Institute into “the current practice patterns and views among urologists regarding focal therapy for prostate cancer”. … READ MORE …
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For many years now, here in the USA, access to FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of cancer and other severe forms of disorder have been guaranteed under Medicare. … READ MORE …
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According to a recently reported study in the journal European Urology, men who received first-line surgery or radiation therapy for non-metastatic prostate cancer were significantly more likely to have taken an antidepressant 5 years later than comparable men who didn’t get such treatment. … READ MORE …
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It will come as no surprise to our readers that moderately hypofractionated IMRT (first-line radiation delivered in 20 to 26 treatments or fractions instead of the conventional 40-44 fractions) has received strong endorsement from all of the major US organizations of physicians who treat prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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The term “debulking” denotes the radical treatment (via prostatectomy or radiation therapy) of the cancerous prostate — lmost always in newly diagnosed patients — after distant metastases have been discovered. … READ MORE …
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