Better survival associated with higher doses of EBRT
Sunday, June 20th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »It has been getting increasingly clear that elevated doses of radiation to the prostate result in better prostate cancer-specific survival for men treated with first-line radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. A recent study suggests that for patients with localized prostate cancer who ...
FDA approves Jevtana to treat men with prostate cancer
Saturday, June 19th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »The Food and Drug Administration approved on Thursday the first prostate cancer chemotherapy drug found to prolong the survival of men who are no longer being helped by other treatments. The drug is called Jevtana. The FDA approved this drug to treat ...
Radiation therapy and surgery have comparable effectiveness in patients with localized prostate cancer
Friday, June 18th, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy, radiation therapy | No Comments »The "right” treatment approach for men with early stage prostate cancer, often boils down to a patient’s personal choice, not a one-size-fits-all medical approach. According to an University of Cincinnati Health radiation oncologist, doctors will give advice based on the particular ...
New treatment of prostate cancer with light
Thursday, June 17th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »In a recent paper in the journal Cancer Letters, Cliff Berkman, a Washington State University chemistry professor, is working on a better way -- one that specifically targets prostate cancer cells and causes a type of natural death that spares ...
Prostate cancer deaths are expected to jump
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer, prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »According to estimates based on National Cancer Institute data, urologists say Prostate cancer deaths are expected to jump 17 percent in 2010 year. Experts warn that if prostate cancer is diagnosed before it spreads, a patient has a 99 percent survival ...
The Center for radiation therapy of Beverly Hills offers its patients the Calypso System
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »The Center for Radiation Therapy of Beverly Hills has become one of the select facilities in the country to offer its patients the Calypso System, a prostate cancer treatment tool that enables clinicians to track tumor motion in real-time.The Calypso ...
Chemo-radiation before prostate removal may prevent cancer recurrence
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 Posted in prostate chemotherapy | No Comments »Researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute and the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center have discovered a combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy given before prostate removal is safe and might have the potential to decrease ...
Tasquinimod slows tumour growth
Sunday, June 13th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer | No Comments »U.S. researchers say a multi-center drug trial has shown the blood vessel-blocking drug tasquinimod is good in slowing the progression of prostate cancer. The scientists said tasquinimod works by halting new blood vessel development around the tumor, thereby stabilizing the disease. ...
LESS may be the big hope for prostate cancer
Friday, June 11th, 2010 Posted in prostatectomy | No Comments »First of all you should learn that LESS stands for laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery. In simple words, LESS is laparoscopic surgery through one small abdominal incision (a “port”) as opposed to the five or six that are currently used. At the annual ...
Major discovery made in prostate cancer
Thursday, June 10th, 2010 Posted in alternative treatments | No Comments »In what could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer, scientists now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea halt cancer growth.This new discovery, published online in The FASEB Journal by a mixed team ...