Prostate News Archive
09-Jan-2007
Radiation Therapy Combo Cures Prostate Cancer Long-term (Science Daily)
Seventy-four percent of men treated with a combination of radiation seed implants and external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer are cured of their disease 15 years following their treatment, according to a study released today in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of ASTRO. Obesity Boosts Prostate Cancer Death Risk (CBS News)
Obesity can double a man's risk of dying from prostate cancer, a National Cancer Institute study shows. Prostate Cancer: Combo Treatment Works (WebMD)
One of the longest ever follow-up studies of radioactive "seed" implants for prostate cancer shows the treatment to be highly effective in combination with conventional external radiation.
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