New study suggests that salvage HIFU after EBRT is “a high-risk procedure”
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Posted in hifu, radiation therapy | No Comments »A new article reports data from two centers on experience with whole-gland high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) salvage therapy for local recurrence following external beam radiation therapy (EBRT). The authors conclude that salvage whole-gland HIFU is a high-risk procedure. Although its use ...
Second-line radiation of the prostate after first-line radiation therapy is useful
Monday, December 5th, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »The use of second-line radiation therapy following biochemical progression after first-line radiation therapy for localized forms of prostate cancer has long been limited by concerns about tolerance for rectal and related radiation toxicities. Recent research has started to suggest that ...
Who needs aggressive treatment after initial radiation
Sunday, November 27th, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »It is known that the combination of radiation therapy with 3 years of ADT can extend overall and prostate cancer-specific patient survival compared to radiation therapy alone in men with locally advanced prostate cancer. The question that therefore needs to be answered ...
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 ...
Tomato juice reduces inflammation from radiotherapy
Sunday, November 6th, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center offered the results of a very small study that suggested a possible protective effect of the antioxidant compound lycopene during radiation treatment. These findings would require replication in a larger study, but they do ...
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 ...
System protects other organs against radiation during prostate cancer treatment
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »One of the possible side effects for radiation treatment of prostate cancer - the radiation that may receive other organs instead for the prostate - could be eliminated by using a new sistem presented at 21st Century Oncology. Its name is Calypso ...
More radionuclide therapy is better for prostate cancer patients
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »The November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine presents the conclusion of a new study at University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, related to radionuclide therapy for prostate cancer patients According to researchers, repeated administrations of radionuclide therapy with 188Re-HEDP improve ...
Survey suggests high level of long-term side effects after treatment for prostate cancer
Monday, October 31st, 2011 Posted in prostatectomy, radiation therapy | No Comments »A recent survey in Michigan revealed that some 70 percent of prostate cancer patients involved reported long-term, treatment-related, adverse effects after first-line treatment with surgery or radiation therapy. Survey conclusion was presented at the Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting ongoing ...
Study suggests men with a family history of prostate cancer should expect equally good outcomes
Friday, October 21st, 2011 Posted in radiation therapy | No Comments »In some instances, physicians use the family history of prostate cancer to evaluate the degree of risk associated with the cancer and recommend more aggressive treatment. A positive family history was defined as any prostate cancer in one or more first-degree ...