Hormone therapy associated to double risk of blood clots
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »A study at The Mount Sinai Medical Center has found significant links between blood clots and hormone-targeted prostate cancer therapy, also known as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in men over age 65. Researchers believe believes this news should be of interest ...
Androgen deprivation therapy doesn’t boost fatal heart attack risk in men prostate cancer
Sunday, December 18th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »A new report from two Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists indicates there is no evidence that androgen deprivation therapy raises the risk of fatal heart attacks in men with prostate cancer.The study, however, could not eliminate the possibility that ADT might ...
New study reassures on heart risks of prostate cancer treatment
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »Some recent studies had suggested hormone-blocking therapy for prostate cancer doesn't raise the risk of fatal heart attacks. For men with high-risk prostate tumors, a combination of local treatment and drugs that block male hormones that feed prostate tumors can significantly ...
Radiotherapy in addition to hormone treatment may prevent prostate cancer deaths
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy, radiation therapy | No Comments »Results from a large study have shown that combining radiotherapy and hormone therapy in patients with prostate cancer significantly improved men's survival compared with hormone therapy treatment alone. According to researchers, the additional side effects of radiotherapy are minimal so patients ...
Combined radiation and hormone therapy help men with locally advanced or high-risk prostate cancer
Saturday, November 5th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy, radiation therapy | No Comments »A recent study suggests that men with locally advanced or high-risk prostate cancer who receive combined radiation and hormone therapy live longer and are less likely to die from their disease. Researchers say that based on these results, we believe adding ...
Female hormone cited as prostate cancer treatment
Saturday, October 15th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »A new study at Monash University in Australia, suggests oestrogen could treat advanced prostate cancer in men. Research suggests that targeting tumour cells with the female hormone may help men to beat the condition. The team leader said many treatments for the disease ...
Encouraging news for UK patients with metastatic advanced prostate cancer
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy, prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »A new treatment method has shown to extend life for some men suffering from advanced prostate cancer. The treatment option was discovered in the UK at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) Zytiga (abiraterone acetate), a once-daily oral drug, is now ...
Is intermittent ADT a therapy of choice for all men?
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »Is intermittent ADT a therapy of choice for all men with advanced forms of prostate cancer? Probably not. It is least likely to be successful in men with a high Gleason score (8 or higher) and a low PSA doubling ...
A promising therapeutic approach in prostate cancer treatment
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »Scientists from Skåne University Hospital in Malmö, Sweden are working on a treatment which attacks stem cell-like cells in prostate cancer. Itis about a therapy that works by targeting a protein in prostate cancer stem cells. The STAT3 protein is ...
New treatment option for advanced prostate cancer
Friday, August 12th, 2011 Posted in hormone therapy | No Comments »Researchers at Lund University are working on a project to develop a new treatment option. Exploring the tumour biology of prostate cancer, the research group have now observed that the protein STAT3 is active in the stem cell-like cells. In their ...