Tag: advanced prostate cancer
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Calcium and vitamin D supplement
Our large practice urology group has partnered with theralogix, a vitamin company to offer patients products that have been shown in study to help with various conditions. Prosteon is a bone health supplement for men undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy (hormone therapy), or for anyone looking to support their bone health. It can be ordered through: Prosteon®…
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Statins Benefit ADT-Treated Prostate Cancer Patients | Cancer Network
Prostate cancer patients starting treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) who were already taking cholesterol-lowering statins had a 10-month prolonged time to cancer progression compared with patients who were not on statins, according to the results of a new study published in JAMA Oncology. – See more at: Statins Benefit ADT-Treated Prostate Cancer Patients |…
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Added Radiation to ADT May Improve Survival – Renal and Urology News
Men with locally advanced prostate cancer (PCa) have a better chance of survival when they add radiation therapy (RT) to their hormone therapy, according to research presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. via Added Radiation to ADT May Improve Survival – Renal and Urology News. This is another…
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MedWire News – Prostate Cancer – Endocrine and radiotherapy ‘standard care’ for locally advanced prostate cancer
Source Medwire News Adding local radiotherapy to endocrine treatment halves the 10-year prostate cancer-specific mortality in patients with locally advanced or high-risk local prostate cancer compared with endocrine treatment alone, researchers report. “In the light of these data, endocrine treatment plus radiotherapy should be the new standard,” Anders Widmark (Umeå University, Sweden) and team write…