Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...
Dr. Barry W. Goy explains how to interpret PSA levels after prostate cancer treatment and how to manage recurrence based on disease progression. Among patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, ...
An Italian oncologic psychologist warns these patients: “A prostatectomy doesn’t cure anxiety.” Emotional distress can be so ...
Data from a major U.S. clinical trial from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has uncovered a genetic factor that ...
I f prostate cancer has spread to other areas of your body, your doctor may recommend androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which halts the production of androgen hormones, especially testosterone.
Because treatment of the whole prostate can lead to long-term side effects in patients with prostate cancer, interest in ...
As part of its Speaking Out video series, CURE talked to Dr. Brian Keith McNeil, on behalf of ZERO Prostate Cancer, about managing side effects following prostate cancer treatment. While treatment ...
Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment which means the medicines will travel ...
An article about the importance of PSA testing for early detection and treatment of prostate cancer ...
Angela Jia, MD, PhD, is a radiation oncologist specializing in stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), adaptive radiotherapy, and clinical trials focused on prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers.
Thousands of men with incurable prostate cancer will be offered a lifeline after an about-turn on NHS treatment.
The decision means Northern Ireland remains the only country in the UK where patients with this stage of prostate cancer are ...