prostatectomy

Comparison of Scans for Detection of Early Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer After Prostatectomy Bookmark

Article from The ASCO Post curated by Editor in Chief George Lundberg, MD, who notes:

Most prostate cancers don’t hurt the patient. Surgery for high-risk prostate cancer can be beneficial. If the cancer recurs, more treatment could be helpful. This study provides useful information about detection of recurrence.

Go to full article published by The ASCO Post.

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Prostatectomy Plus Radiotherapy May Improve Survival in Advanced Prostate Cancer Bookmark

Excerpt:

“Patients who underwent primary radical prostatectomy followed by radiotherapy for locally or regionally advanced prostate cancer had better survival outcomes than patients treated with radiotherapy plus androgen deprivation therapy, according to findings from a population-based, retrospective study published in Cancer.

” ‘There is a lot of debate about whether to remove the whole prostate and follow-up with radiation therapy or, as a second option, spare the prostate and treat it using radiation therapy plus hormone-blocking therapy,’ Grace Lu-Yao, PhD, associate director of population science at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health, said in a press release. ‘Our study suggests that removing the prostate followed by adjuvant radiotherapy is associated with greater OS in men with prostate cancer.’ ”

Go to full article published by Healio on Oct 15, 2018.

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What to Expect When Active Surveillance Leads to Prostatectomy Bookmark

Excerpt from MedPage Today:

“A high proportion of men who entered active surveillance for early prostate cancer had one or more high-risk disease characteristics when they subsequently had radical prostatectomy, a Swedish study showed.

“Medical records showed that 52 of 132 men had at least one adverse pathology feature at radical prostatectomy. All the men initially opted for active surveillance, and the median time from enrollment to surgery was 1.9 years.”

Go to full article published by MedPage Today on Sep 21, 2018.

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