Men with high-risk prostate cancer have a higher likelihood of residual disease after prostatectomy and may require radiation therapy after surgery, particularly when PSA levels begin to rise.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in South Korea, and even after surgical removal of the prostate, one in ...
When prostate cancer returns or is at high risk of returning after surgery, radiation to the prostate bed (the area where the prostate used to be) is often recommended. The standa ...
A study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators found that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose radiation delivered in just five sessions, after ...
Five-treatment stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) provided excellent long-term cancer control with fewer urinary and sexual side effects than surgery in the first randomized trial to directly ...
A national study of more than 20,000 men with prostate cancer compared long-term outcomes after radiation therapy or surgical removal of the prostate, with follow-up of up to 20 years. Men who ...
For men who undergo a radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, post-surgery radiation therapy can play a vital role in reducing the risk of recurrence. Despite its benefits, many ...
Receiving radiotherapy after prostatectomy does negatively affect long-term health-related quality of life, including sexual function, urinary incontinence, and urinary irritation, but the timing of ...
For men who undergo a radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, post-surgery radiation therapy can play a vital role in reducing the risk of recurrence. Despite its benefits, many ...
SAN FRANCISCO — A gene signature panel could help identify men with localized prostate cancer who would benefit from radiotherapy dose escalation in both the definitive and salvage settings, according ...
Over a median follow-up period of more than five years, patients were asked to complete repeated questionnaires logging bowel, urinary and sexual function after receiving one of the two radiation ...