URO TODAY: Patients undergoing three dimensional external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer may be at an increased risk of hip fracture and could benefit from additional measures to improve bone health following treatment. READ MORE>
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Radiotherapy prostate patients face risk of hip fracture
Posted in Bone loss, PROSTATE CANCER, Radiotherapy, tagged bone health, external beam radiation therapy, hip fracture, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate treatment, Radiotherapy on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Researchers look at treating locally advanced prostate cancer with external beam radiation and brachytherapy boost
Posted in Brachytherapy, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Radiotherapy, Treatment news, tagged advanced prostate cancer, Brachytherapy, cancer research, comparison of treatments, external beam radiation therapy, high-dose-rate brachytherapy, Italian researchers, locally advanced prostate cancer, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, Radiotherapy, URO TODAY on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Italian researchers have been studying the effectiveness of treating locally advanced prostate cancer with external beam radiation therapy combined with high-dose-rate brachytherapy as a boost. READ MORE>
Freeze treatment for prostate tumours results in more erectile function problems than external beam radiation
Posted in Cryoablation, Erectile function, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Radiotherapy, Treatment debate, tagged cancer research, comparison of treatments, Cryoablation, Erectile function, external beam radiation therapy, freezing, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, quality of life, retaining sexual function, URO TODAY on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Prostate cancer patients who wish to increase their odds of retaining sexual function might be counselled to choose external beam radiation therapy over cryoablation (freezing), a new freezing suggests. READ MORE>
External beam radiation gives better chance of erectile function than cryo-ablation
Posted in Cryoablation, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Radiotherapy, Treatment news, tagged Canadian prostate research, CANCER CONSULTANTS.COM, cancer research, cryo-ablation, Erectile function, external beam radiation therapy, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, Radiotherapy, retaining sexual function on August 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CANCER CONSULTANTS.COM: Men who wish to increase their odds of retaining sexual function might be counselled to choose external beam radiation therapy over cryo-ablation, according to Canadian research. READ MORE>
Incontinence more common after prostatectomy than after brachytherapy or radiotherapy
Posted in Brachytherapy, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Radical prostatectomy, Radiotherapy, Treatment news, tagged cancer research, comparison of treatments, external beam radiation therapy, Incontinence, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, prostatectomy, Radical prostatectomy, Radiotherapy, storage urinary symptoms, urinary incontinence, URO TODAY, voiding on July 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
JULY 17: URO TODAY: Urinary incontinence is more common after prostatectomy than after brachytherapy or external beam radiation therapy, whereas voiding and storage urinary symptoms were more prevalent after brachytherapy than after prostatectomy. READ MORE>
PROSTATE COMPLICATIONS: Study examines remedies for urinary retention
Posted in AFTER EFFECTS, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Radical prostatectomy, Treatment news, Urination, tagged American Urological Association, cancer research, EBRT, external beam radiation therapy, obstructing and radiated prostate, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, prostatectomy, Radical prostatectomy, SOCIETY FOR URODYNAMICS AND FEMALE UROLOGY, urinary retention, Urination, URO TODAY, urology, US urology conference on June 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 7: URO TODAY: Most men develop urinary retention after external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), after brachytherapy with or without EBRT, and in those who have a combination of EBRT and a radical prostatectomy. The problem urologists are facing is how to manage the obstructing and radiated prostate, a researcher told a US urology conference in Chicago. READ MORE>
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