Double whammy treatment could halve prostate cancer deaths
December 16th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancerA Scandinavian study confirms the effectiveness of using both radiation and hormone-blocking drugs in treating advanced prostate cancer. Study suggests that death rates among some prostate cancer patients could be halved by this new combo method of treating the disease.
Researchers said that the effects are so striking that radiotherapy combined with hormonal treatment should be the new standard for these patients, reports the Independent.
The study appears online in The Lancet.