Problems Persist After Prostate Cancer Therapy
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Urinary, bowel, and sexual problems arising from surgery or external radiation treatment for localized prostate cancer persist for at least five years, a new study from the National Cancer Institute shows.
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Americans with prostate cancer are traveling out of the country to receive a treatment that is not approved in the United States.
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NEW YORK  - New research shows that it's  possible to identify men with slowly progressive or latent  prostate cancer, reflected by prostate specific antigen (PSA)  levels that remain stable or fall over time.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- A new report calls for the urgent need to improve treatments and find a cure for prostate cancer, a disease that strikes one in six American men.
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Americans with prostate cancer are traveling abroad for a treatment that is not approved in the United States.
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Chronic inflammation of the prostate can lead to constant pain that is hard to treat, but a new approach seems to hold out promise.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Concerns about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one-third of young patients, according to a study published in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Experts increasingly believe the PSA test leads to needless treatment such as radiotherapy, when men could be monitored and live with the cancer without it ever causing a problem.
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And while one in six men will get the disease during his lifetime, only one in 32 will die from it. The death rate for prostate cancer is declining, cancer experts note, due to developments that range from
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Staying active through moderate walking may help prevent fatigue in men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer, a UK study shows.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDayNews) -- The drugs docetaxel and estramustine can increase survival by a few months in men whose prostate cancer has spread to other parts of the body, two new studies find.
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Most children who undergo cancer treatment will develop one or more chronic health problems later in life due to the illness and complications from its treatment, a study released Tuesday suggested.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to make prostate cancer treatment more effective.
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Even after more than a decade after diagnosis, cancer survivors may have a poorer quality of life and more health limitations than others their age, according to a US study.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Most prostate cancer patients treated with high-dose, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) were still alive and cancer-free an average of eight years after treatment, according to a large new study.
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Men with prostate cancer that doesn't appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation, rather than radiation alone, a small study found.    Almost five years after treatment, six men in the radiation-only study group died of prostate cancer; none of the men who got combined treatment died of prostate cancer...
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NEW YORK  - After being diagnosed with  prostate cancer, men are capable of adhering to a low-fat diet  for at least a year if they receive good counseling and  support, a new study shows.