tumor debulking

To Debulk Or Not To Debulk, That Is The Question

You have been diagnosed with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer. It is a shock, you have cancer and your cancer has already spread outside of the prostate gland. Your doctor might have already told you that at this stage it is no longer curable, and technically it can be called terminal! That is a lot [...]

By |2017-10-19T10:46:07-04:00August 24th, 2016|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Disease Progression, Drugs & Treatments, Research, Survival, Uncategorized|1 Comment
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Can Radiotherapy (Radiation) for the Primary Tumors Benefit Men With Prostate CancerWith Distant Metastasis at Initial Diagnosis?

The common belief is that if you are diagnosed with prostate cancer that has already developed metastases only a systemic treatment will provide a life extending benefit. In other cancers it has been shown that the treatment of the primary tumor improves survival (tumor debulking). To find out if, in fact radiotherapy treatment of the [...]

By |2016-01-28T11:22:12-05:00January 28th, 2016|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Bio Chemical Recurrence, Bone Metastases, Drugs & Treatments, General Information, Radiotherapy, survival, Uncategorized, Understanding Advanced Prostate Cancer|0 Comments
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