Prostate News Archive
07-Nov-2006
Longer Hormone Therapy Doesn't Help Prostate Cancer Patients Live Longer, Study Finds (Science Daily)
prostate cancer patients treated with either radiation or surgery who use hormone therapy for longer than six months do not survive any longer than patients who use the treatment for a shorter amount of time, according to a study presented November 5, 2006, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 48th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Two Prostate Cancer Radiotherapies Go Head-to-Head (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
MONDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- prostate cancer patients treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) suffer fewer long-term gastrointestinal side effects than those treated with another form of radiotherapy, new research shows. A Gentler Prostate Cancer Therapy (CBS News)
A new study suggests that some men who take hormone therapy for prostate cancer for more than six months do not live as long as those treated a shorter time. Additional hormone therapy use after radiation for some prostate cancers extends survival (EurekAlert!)
The largest study examining the benefits of long-term use of hormone therapy after radiation treatment for prostate cancer shows men with aggressive locally advanced disease live longer if hormones are used for an additional 24 months.
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