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The relationship between anxiety and time to treatment for patients with Prostate Cancer on surveillance...According to a report from Dr. Latini and CaPSURE investigators that appears in the July 2007 early view version of the Journal of Urology, some men on active surveillance for prostate cancer (CaP) are prompted to active treatment as a result of cancer related anxiety...(more)

New Male Sling Procedure Helps Prostate Cancer Survivors Who Suffer from Urinary Incontinence... Losing urine control because of coughing, laughing, sneezing, or lifting is both frustrating and debilitating for the more than 2 million men worldwide afflicted with the condition...(more)

Quality of Life, Sexual Function and Decisional Regret After Prostate Surgery...Sexual function is one of the most important factors impacting quality of life (QoL) after radical prostatectomy (RP)...Along with other potential factors, sexual function after RP influences whether a patient regrets their decision to have had surgery. Joyce Davison and colleagues at the University of British Columbia studied these issues and report the findings in the online version of the BJU International...(more)

Radical Prostatectomy for Octogenarians: How Old is Too Old?... There is no defined recommendation for when to stop prostate cancer (CaP) screening, except when the life expectancy decreases to less than 10 years...In the United States, it is relatively uncommon for a man to undergo radical prostatectomy (RP) as definitive therapy beyond the age of 75 years...(more)

Prostate Cancer Patients See High Survival Rates with Seed Implants... More than ninety percent of men who receive appropriate radiation dose levels with permanent radiation seed implants to treat their prostate cancer are cured of their cancer eight years after diagnosis, according to a study released in the February 1 issue of the International Journal for Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO...(more)

Video Report on Prostate Vaccine...(more)

Prostate Cancer Survival is Dependent on Season of Diagnosis
 A report in the September 2007 issue of The Prostate by Dr. Lagunova and associates from Norway and Oregon suggests that men diagnosed with prostate cancer (CaP) in the summer and autumn seasons have better survival...(more)

 

 

 

 

Radiation therapy technique reduces length of Prostate Cancer treatment... Breihan Bridgewater suffers from emphysema...He sleeps on his side because when he lays flat on his back it feels like there’s a boulder resting on his chest...When the 74-year-old semi-retired electronic technician was diagnosed with prostate cancer, the thought of undergoing surgery or having to lie on his back and undergo more than 40 radiation treatments left him with an uneasy feeling – and a decision to make...(more)

Diet and medications may assist prevention of prostate cancer
Recent investigations of medications, diet and the molecular understanding of prostate cancer are defining potential prevention strategies for the disease, and herald a new stage in the management of this cancer, according to a new review...(more)

 

 

 

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