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Acupuncture stops hot flashes in men having hormone treatment for prostate cancer
Posted in Hot flashes, tagged acupuncture, androgen ablation therapy, androgen-deprivation therapy, cancer research, catheter, Hormone therapy, hormone treatment, hot flashes, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, URO TODAY on July 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
PROSTATE QUESTIONS: Next decade should see answers to treatment issues
Posted in Hormone therapy, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Radiotherapy, Salvage therapy, Testosterone treatment, Treatment debate, tagged advanced localized disease, advanced prostate cancer, androgen-deprivation therapy, cancer research, compromise in quality of life, hormone treatment, New England Journal of Medicine, Peter Albertsen, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, symptom relief on June 11, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JUNE 11: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE: Trials have been initiated that should address many of the questions surrounding hormone treatment for prostate cancer within the next decade, writes Peter Albertsen in the latest edition of NEJM.
“Until then, androgen-deprivation therapy for clinically localized disease should be limited primarily to men with advanced localized disease undergoing radiation therapy and to men with clear signs of systemic disease.
“These are the patients most likely to benefit from either symptom relief or increased survival that would justify the compromise in quality of life that is associated with androgen-deprivation therapy.”
Survey compares quality of life after radiotherapy and hormone treatment
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Treatment news, tagged advanced prostate cancer, cancer research, hormone treatment, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, prostate treatment, prostate treatment debate, QL survey, quality of life, Radiotherapy, Spanish patients on April 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »