Prostate News Archive
24-Sep-2008
Study: When/if to start hormones for prostate cancer patients whose PSA rises after radiation (EurekAlert!)
( Fox Chase Cancer Center ) A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any time after treatment. The study also supports foregoing hormones if the PSA doesn't rise as quickly. Both findings suggest a change in the ... Hormone Therapy Not Best for Older Prostate Cancer Patients (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Older men with early-stage prostate cancer who are given hormone therapy before radiation seed implant therapy face a 20 percent greater risk of dying than those who get radiation treatment alone, new research suggests. Study: Hormones not for all prostate cancer patients (USA Today)
A new study raises additional questions about the benefits of drugs given to more than half of prostate cancer patients. Increased Survival For Men With Prostate Cancer By Adding Radiation To Hormone Therapy (Medical News Today)
For men with locally advanced prostate cancer the addition of radiation treatment to anti-androgen hormone therapy reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent compared to those who have anti-androgen hormone treatment alone, according to a randomized study presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston. Prostate cancer hormone therapy may raise mortality (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
In elderly men with early-stage prostate cancer, receiving hormone therapy is associated with an increase in all-cause mortality, according to a study reported Tuesday at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting underway in Boston.
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