Prostate News Archive
16-Aug-2006
Is Prostate Cancer Overtreated? (CBS News)
More than half of men with low-risk prostate cancer are overtreated with surgery or radiation therapy, a University of Michigan study shows. Low-risk prostate cancer often overtreated (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Approximately one half of men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer undergo surgery or radiation therapy when "watchful waiting" may be more appropriate, according to a research team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Low-risk prostate cancer patients face overtreatment (EurekAlert!)
Many low-risk prostate cancer patients are being overtreated and might fare better if doctors monitored the cancer until treatment was necessary, a new study reports in the August 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. S.A.-based study clears prostate cancer drug (San Antonio Express News)
When a major study on prostate cancer suggested a few years ago that healthy men who took a common drug suffered a higher risk of a more aggressive form of the disease, the question was clear: Did the drug, known as finasteride, play a part in this seemingly worrisome trend? After years of analyzing the issue, researchers Tuesday said the answer is yes â?? but the role is one of detection rather Some Prostate Cancers Might be Over-Treated (HealthCentral.com)
TUESDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- To treat or not to treat? A new study finds that more than half the American men who got surgery or radiation treatment for their prostate cancer might have fared just as well with a "wait and see" program that didn't include active treatment. When a patient is diagnosed with prostate cancer, what determines whether he will receive early androgen ablation? (News-Medical-Net)
While the benefits of androgen ablation therapy have been well documented in patients with locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, there is a paucity of evidence its role in patients with low-grade, low-stage disease. Science and Health: Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer (New York Times)
About half of the men who have been found to have low-risk prostate cancer undergo surgery or radiation therapy when ?watchful waiting? may be more appropriate, a research team at the University of Michigan has found. Dr. John T. Wei and his associates evaluated information in national databases to identify 71,602 men determined to have localized or regional cancer of the prostate from January U-M study finds some prostate cancer patients potentially overtreated (EurekAlert!)
Ann Arbor, Mich. -- More than half of men with lower-risk prostate cancer received surgery or radiation treatment when a wait-and-see approach of no therapy and active surveillance would have been a reasonable option, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Prostate cancer being overtreated, study shows (MSNBC)
According to a new study, 234,000 men in the United States are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and most will get surgery or radiation. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. Drug may aid doctors in early stage detection of prostate cancer (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A new study that will be released Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute may give physicians a new tool in the early stage detection of prostate cancer in men.
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