Anxiety and distress during active surveillance for early prostate cancer
Monday, November 16th, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »This study found that the majority of men with early prostate cancer (PC) included in a protocol-based program for active surveillance (AS) show favorable anxiety and distress scores when compared to reference values and to groups of patients with PC ...
The role of biopsy core number in selecting prostate cancer patients for watchful waiting
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »Watchful waiting (WW) entails a strategy by which selected men are managed expectantly with the intention of applying potentially curative treatment in case of signs of progression. While WW strategy has changed the treatment and management of low-risk prostate cancers, it must also ...
Radical prostatectomy findings in patients in whom active surveillance of prostate cancer fails
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »Acording to a study at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, most progression after active surveillance occurs 1 to 2 years after diagnosis suggesting undersampling of more aggressive tumor rather than progression of indolent tumor. Even with progression most tumors have favorable ...
Application of active surveillance protocols for low risk localized prostate
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »A recent study focused the problems with application of active surveillance protocols for low risk localized prostate cancer. Researchers point out the difficulty in choosing the appropriate patients to counsel regarding active surveillance. Clearly the current diagnostic tests are not adequate. The ...
Prostate patients who avoid prostatectomy ‘can live for years’
Saturday, September 5th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis, prostatectomy, watchful waiting | No Comments »British scientists have concluded that many men with prostate cancer who decide not to go for surgery or other invasive therapies such as radiotherapy fare just as well as those who do choose the treatment. According to opinion of research team, ...
Do patients on watchful waiting experience anxiety and distress?
Friday, September 4th, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »Specialists say that when doctors recommend watchful waiting (active surveillance) and other forms of “non-interventional” management for prostate cancer, patients suffer unduly from anxiety and distress while living with “untreated” cancer. There are some patients who find the idea of ...
Hormone therapy ups death risk for prostate cancer patients with heart disease
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in hormone therapy, prostate cancer risks, radiation therapy, watchful waiting | No Comments »According to a study published in the August 26 issue of JAMA, men with coronary artery disease-induced congestive heart failure or heart attack who receive hormone therapy before or along with radiation therapy for treatment of prostate cancer have an ...
How patient understand of the risks and benefits of active surveillance
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »A research team from Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has investigated the levels of knowledge of prostate cancer and the perception of active surveillance (AS) in men on AS, as AS for early prostate cancer instead of radical treatment ...
“Watchful Waiting” does not increase anxiety in prostate cancer patients
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 Posted in watchful waiting | No Comments »According to researchers from the Netherlands men who choose to delay treatment for early prostate cancer do not experience increased anxiety from living with the disease. The results of this study appeared in an early online publication in Cancer on ...
Watchful waiting versus aggressive treatment
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 Posted in prostate cancer, watchful waiting | No Comments »With increasing life expectancies, improved surgical tools, and better information on patient results, many older men diagnosed with early prostate cancer are taking a pass on the traditional advice to hold off on treatment for a period of time. So-called "watchful ...