There’s a better way to do a PET scan, by using radiotracer fluciclovine (fluorine-18; F-18) (Journal of Nuclear Medicine, March 2017) According to researcher Ashesh B. Jani, MD, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, fluciclovine can improve imaging in recurrent prostate cancer patients with no additional radiation side effects. An improved PET [...]
According to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Ma., men with aggressive prostate cancer who have radiation therapy to treat the cancer have better overall survival rates when the therapy is given at a high volume treatment facility. Paul Nguyen, MD, a physician researcher in the department of Radiation Oncology at Brigham said, “Our paper shows that [...]
There has been a lot of conversation about the role of and the use of multi-parametric MRIs in the initial diagnostic stages of prostate cancer, but little is known about its potential clinical application in the use of early salvage radiotherapy after failed radical prostatectomy. In a study to exam the potential of multi-parametric MRIs [...]
On October 27, 2015, Malecare was issued patent 9,168,002 for a device and method for real time simultaneous measurement of radiation at specific parts of your body,. Understanding cumulative radiation exposure in people undergoing ionizing radiation for diagnostics and medical treatment is essential towards reducing secondary tumors from primary radiation therapy. We believe that the [...]
The standard of care and the facts are simple. Men who have aggressive prostate cancer and elect to have radiation therapy will benefit from six months of concurrent hormone therapy (ADT). However, based on recent findings by D’Amico etal, there seems to be a segment of men who will not benefit, but will have inferior [...]
Dear husband recently underwent 40 salvage radiation treatments (IMRT), and each time he had to lie on a table with a hard plastic "bodycast" resting on his nether parts, his tush exposed. The mold was supposed to help the computer target the right spots. Lucky for DH, his rear has been crafted to perfection by [...]
There is something that's been on my mind for a long time. But it's part of a larger issue. Let me explain. About six months ago I heard a commercial on the radio about a state-of-the-art treatment for prostate cancer called "Cyberknife." It was being offered at a hospital in Long Island (a suburb of NY) [...]
Dear All, I have been revisiting the issue of salvage radiation therapy (RT) since Ted just began this treatment last week. There isn't a lot of good data (only "retrospective" data) about this, so when I first tackled this subject a few months ago I decided I was better off "reading the tea leaves". But [...]
