Prostate News Archive
09-Nov-2006
New System Spots At-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. experts have devised a new classification system to evaluate prostate cancer patients after they have undergone radiation treatment. Prostate Cancer Test 'Bounce' No Worry (CBS News)
Men who have a temporary rise in a prostate test after radiation therapy for prostate cancer are no more likely to die over the next 10 years than those whose levels do not go up and down, according to the largest, longest study of its kind. Largest PSA bounce study eases worry of prostate cancer returning (EurekAlert!)
prostate cancer patients who have a temporary rise in their prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels after radiation therapy -- called a PSA bounce -- are not at an increased risk of their cancer coming back any more than those who don't have a temporary rise, according to the largest study of its kind presented November 8, 2006, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 48th
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