HIFU Treatment a Possible Salvage Therapy After Failed EBRT

A recently published article in Urology Times claims that salvage high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) appears to be an effective treatment option for locally recurrent prostate cancer after primary external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) failure. The study, which this article reported on, used data from analyses of 6-year oncologic outcomes show. When the researchers did a [...]

Zytiga (Abiraterone Acetate) Delays Pain Progression in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology annual congress in Vienna, Austria linked the delay of pain progression the functional decline of men with the newly approved drug Zytiga. The data was derived from an additional anaylisis of the phase 3 trial (COU-AA-302) that led to the FDA approval of Zytiga. The FDA [...]

New Site from the Early/Expanded Access Committee – Alpharedin Now available at Stanford University (plus 3 other sites)

There was just a new site opened for the early/expanded access program for Alpharedin (Radium-235). The new site is at Stanford University, California. This makes a total of four sites, but most of them have not been adequately supported by the drug company, Bayer. Hopefully, this site will be better supported, but if it too [...]

Understanding Oligometastic Prostate Cancer & Our Ability to Successfully Treat It

It is the general consensus that prostate cancer when still confined to the prostate gland is gland curable, but when it has left the prostate gland and becoming metastatic it is no longer curable. But evidence now says there might be an intermediate stage where the cancer has spread outside the prostate gland but is [...]

Curcumin Might Curb the Development of Metastases in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Powdered turmeric is a common ingredient of Indian food and a substance that has been used for centuries to treat osteoarthritis and other illnesses. In March 2012 researchers from Michigan State University found that curcumin may be beneficial for people with Parkinson's disease as well as head and neck cancers. It is now thought that [...]

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