Study results are based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data for 166,581 patients receiving surgery or radiation for localized prostate cancer.
Join Tom and Mike as they share an important update on Tom's prostate cancer journey. In this video, they discuss Tom's ...
Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...
Advanced imaging, particularly PSMA PET scans, enhances detection of microscopic disease, allowing for more precise treatment ...
Photon therapy offers strong outcomes in treating oropharyngeal cancers; however, some radiation can reach and damage nearby healthy tissue. The damage can lead to side effects that may be severe for ...
Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.
Targeted therapies are medicines to treat cancer. They work differently than standard chemotherapy. Instead of killing all fast-growing cells or keeping them from dividing, targeted therapies work ...
Focal therapy now helping in the fight against prostate cancer With focal therapy, doctors are now able to destroy cancer cells without damaging the surrounding nerves and tissue. In today’s ...
Alpha DaRT uses radium-224 for intratumoral alpha-irradiation, targeting tumors while preserving healthy tissue. The FDA-approved pilot study will enroll up to 12 patients with locally recurrent ...
A study co-led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that most of the benefits of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer occur within the first ...
A study co-led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that most of the benefits of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer occur within the first ...