New drugs effective against bone problems caused by hormone treatment of prostate cancer

URO TODAY: New drugs – still being trialled – are proving effective treatment of prostate cancer bone metastases and prevention of fractures associated with androgen deprivation therapy. READ MORE>

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Acupuncture stops hot flashes in men having hormone treatment for prostate cancer

URO TODAY: Acupuncture provides excellent control of hot flashes in men undergoing androgen ablation therapy (hormone treatment) for prostate cancer, according to US researchers. READ MORE>

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Testosterone slow to return after years of hormone therapy for prostate cancer

URO TODAY: The recovery of testosterone after long-term androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer is slow, according to a study of about 20 patients who had been receiving hormone drugs for a mean seven years. READ MORE>

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Fracture-reducing drug for prostate cancer patients also cuts down hormone therapy hot flushes

URO TODAY: A fracture-reducing drug called toremifene has a useful side effect when used on prostate cancer patients – it significantly reduces hot flushes caused by hormone therapy. READ MORE>

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New prostate cancer drugs give hope of further life beyond chemotherapy

URO TODAY: Once, chemotherapy (then death) were the only options left for prostate cancer patients on whom hormone therapy stopped working: now new drugs give hope of extended life. READ MORE>

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NEW FIND: Prostate cancer may be caused by high-dose testosterone leaking from testes to prostate

URO TODAY: It’s very early days, but medical scientists in Israel may have made a new discovery about the cause of prostate cancer and subsequently how to treat it. READ MORE>

They believe that as men age, very highly concentrated testosterone leaks to the prostate gland via the testicular and prostate venous (blood) drainage systems.

They tried treating six men with an “interventional radiological procedure and super-selective intraprostatic androgen deprivation therapy” and in five cases achieved a decrease in prostate size and in PSA levels, with repeat biopsies showing disappearance of cancerous cells.

The work is being done at Maynei Hayeshua medical center and Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

At NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK, Mike Scott writes:

This is clearly a radical new finding that needs to be confirmed by other research groups.

Should it prove to be accurate, we may have a whole new mechanism available to treat early stage disease without having to expose patients to systemic forms of hormone therapy.

The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink emphasizes, however, that we have seen only an abstract of this report, and we need greater detail to understand what is actually being suggested by Gat and colleagues. READ MORE>

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False balls that release bone-loss drugs may make testicle removal viable option again

URO TODAY: Testicular prostheses that slow-release drugs to combat bone loss in men being treated for advanced prostate cancer, have the potential to restore testes removal as a viable option for testosterone control. READ MORE>

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