Many have low distress during prostate cancer surveillance
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »According to research published in the May issue of The Journal of Urology, men with low-risk prostate cancer on active surveillance generally have favorably low anxiety and distress in the first nine months of surveillance. Researchers of the Erasmus Medical Center ...
New research from Johns Hopkins could determine which prostate cancer is likely to progress rapidly
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »New research from Johns Hopkins could both raise and delay hopes for California men, who die from prostate cancer in highest numbers nationally. A Bay Area urologist who specializes in treating the disease, although patients may not realize any benefits for ...
What is the role of focal therapy in low-risk prostate cancer?
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »A recent study aimed to review the rationale, patient selection criteria, diagnostic imaging, biopsy schemes, and treatment modalities available for the focal therapy of localized prostate cancer. Limitations of focal therapy include the inability to stage or grade the cancer(s) accurately, ...
HIFU procedure awaiting approval in US
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Posted in hifu | No Comments »For many men worldwide, prostate cancer treatment often leaves them with the potential of being impotent and the potential of incontinency, but a new procedure is producing the same results without the side effects. This new treatment is called High Intensity ...
Post-treatment pathology of the prostate after first-line HIFU
Sunday, May 16th, 2010 Posted in hifu | No Comments »High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is a novel minimally invasive therapeutic option for patients with localized prostate cancer. Little is known about the histological findings in prostate biopsies upon HIFU treatment. One of the unknown factors in the use of ...
Photovaporization of the prostate with Greenlight HPS laser as outpatient major surgery
Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A new study at Fundación Hospital de Manacor, Spain, aimed assess the efficacy and safety of photovaporization of the prostate with Greenlight HPS laser as major outpatient surgery. Surgical data were assessed (vaporization time, operating time, joules, complications during and after ...
Technological advances in radiation therapy for prostate cancer
Friday, May 14th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »A new study at Oregon Health & Science University, suggests radiation therapy (RT) for prostate cancer has made huge strides over the past two decades. The most important, the addition of image guidance has allowed radiation oncologists to ensure accurate ...
An effective viral treatment for localized prostate cancer
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »Reovirus is a double-stranded RNA virus that is widespread in the environment. Under normal circumstances it appears to cause no significant illnesses in humans, but it does appear to infect and kill prostate cancer cells in laboratory studies while having ...
MRI may help surgeons before prostate cancer surgery
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »A recent study conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles, investigated whether MRI could help surgeons make better decisions. According to researchers, robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is becoming a common treatment for prostate cancer. Surgeons who perform the procedure want to ...
Medical options to help prostate cancer patients to get information
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »The dreaded words "You have prostate cancer" often leave patients confused and often men have tremendous difficulties deciding about their treatment, which can add to needless distress and side effects. To help men and their families The Cancer Information Service Research ...