Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy Might Not Extend Survival In Men With Prostate Cancer Who Are Under 70 Years Old

Increasingly, we are seeing younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer and with bone metastases. One of the more common therapies, radiotherapy is recognized for its effect on local control of bone metastases, but whether it could prolong overall survival, the gold standard is still controversial. Researchers retrospectively evaluated 113 men with prostate cancer and bone [...]

By |2020-02-04T10:41:23-05:00April 27th, 2016|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Drugs & Treatments, Radiotherapy, Survival, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Analyzing the Analysis – Is Surgery Superior to Radiotherapy? No, Despite the Results from A Large Canadian Study

It is a little out of the normal scope of this blog, but a recent prostate cancer study from Canada has received a lot of buzz and needs some commentary and analysis. The study concluded that for men who are diagnosed with local prostate cancer (still confined in the gland) live longer if they have [...]

By |2020-02-04T11:37:48-05:00December 23rd, 2015|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Canada, General Information, Localized Prostate Cancer,