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Statins During Radiotherapy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer Improve Outcomes – Renal and Urology News

Statins During Radiotherapy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer Improve Outcomes via Statins During Radiotherapy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer Improve Outcomes – Renal and Urology News. Statins are medicines that are taken to lower cholesterol.  Many studies have shown they are beneficial … Continue reading

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The Prognostic Impact of Seminal Vesicle Involvement Found at Prostatectomy and the Effects of Adjuvant Radiation

Source: Urotoday Patients with seminal vesicle positive disease who received adjuvant radiation compared to observation realized an improvement in 10-year biochemical failure-free survival from 12% to 36% (p = 0.001), in 10-year overall survival from 51% to 71% (p = … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Medical News: ASTRO: Proton Radiation Fails to Impress in Prostate Cancer Study – in Meeting Coverage, ASTRO

Source: Med page today Proton radiation for early prostate cancer had an acceptable tolerability profile but produced little evidence of a “gee whiz” impact to support its cost, according to preliminary results from a phase I/II clinical trial. Two-thirds of … Continue reading

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Prostate Cancer-Specific Survival Following Salvage Radiotherapy vs Observation in Men With Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy: Abstract

Source: JAMA Prostate Cancer-Specific Survival Following Salvage Radiotherapy vs Observation in Men With Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy Bruce J. Trock, PhD; Misop Han, MD; Stephen J. Freedland, MD; Elizabeth B. Humphreys, MS; Theodore L. DeWeese, MD; Alan W. Partin, … Continue reading

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IMRT external beam radiation review

UroToday – Current Status of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) In the International Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Hatano and colleagues from Chiba, Japan provide an excellent overview of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). Problems with conventional, four field radiotherapy have been … Continue reading

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