Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy Won't Affect Sexual Function
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MONDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News)  High-dose precision radiation therapy doesn't harm the sexual function of prostate cancer patients, U.S. researchers say.
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Men with advanced prostate cancer that is not responding to hormone therapy could benefit from a drug now used to treat breast cancer, say scientists.
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- Prostate Cancer Patients Can Now Receive HIFU Therapy in the UK Using the Focus Surgery Sonablate(R) 500 System. A novel, non-invasive treatment for prostate cancer is announced today by UKHIFU.
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Using the largest known prostate cancer data set of patients treated solely with external-beam radiation in the US, radiation oncologists have examined the &quot;PSA bounce&quot; phenomenon and determined that it is not an indicator that men will die of prostate
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NEW YORK  - The rate of prostate cancer among men with schizophrenia is lower than in the general population, according to findings published in the journal Urology.
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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.
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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.
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Older men with early-stage prostate cancer are not taking a big risk if they keep an eye on the disease instead of treating it right away, suggests the largest study to look at this issue since PSA tests became popular.
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NEW YORK  - Some men with prostate cancer  that hasn't spread may not need to undergo treatment, as long  as a watchful eye is kept on their condition. They can do as  well as similar men who undergo radiation therapy, according to  a new report.
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Men with prostate cancer who undergo removal of the prostate (ie, radical prostatectomy) hope to see their PSA fall to zero, but sometimes it remains detectable in their blood.
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A drug used to treat advanced breast and  lung cancers has been found to prolong the lives of men with  advanced prostate cancer whose tumors don't respond to hormone  therapy, according to two studies published on Wednesday.
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Men in their 70s and older who are diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer can safely "watch and wait" because they are not likely to die of it, researchers confirmed on Wednesday.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Adding only six months of follow-up hormone therapy to radiation treatment for prostate cancer saves as many lives as three years of the hormone regimen does, researchers report.
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Survival rates for men with  localized prostate cancer are better with either surgery or  radioactive seed implantation, a treatment called  brachytherapy, compared with no "definitive" treatment,  investigators at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City  report. This is true even among older men.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Monday that he has prostate cancer but that the disease is not life threatening and he will continue to perform his duties.
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NEW YORK  - Radiation therapy is effective  for prostate cancer, but up to 90 percent of men will develop  impotence after the treatment. New research indicates that this  frustrating side effect may be avoided if both MRI and CT,  rather than just CT, are used to plan exactly how and where  radiation will be delivered.
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NEW YORK  - Obese men who undergo surgery for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests.