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New Treatments for Prostate Cancer

Researchers and doctors are always looking for more effective and alternative treatments for prostate cancer. New prostate cancer treatment research is going on in several areas at present.

We are building a series of articles on new and alternative treatments of prostate cancer which begin below.

Prostate Cancer - New Treatment by Radiotherapy

Research is continuing to try and improve technology and techniques to allow radiotherapy to the prostate gland to be more effective and to have fewer side effects. One way is to reduce the amount of radiation received by normal organs (bladder, bowel etc) and this has been improving over the last few years with better machines and techniques such as “conformal radiotherapy” and “IMRT”.

Work is also being carried out on combining brachytherapy with external therapy to allow some of the benefits of brachytherapy (fewer side effects, higher overall dose to the prostate cancer) to be used for men with more advanced prostate cancer without compromising the chance of cure.

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New Treatments – Hormone Therapy

Hormone therapy is for prostate cancer a new treatment when compared to the other major forms of treatment for cancer. This new prostate treatment involves dramatically decreasing the concentration of testosterone in the body so as to slow down or stop the growth of prostate cancer for a period of time.

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» Can the Conventional Sextant Prostate Biopsy Accurately Predict ... - UroToday
02/07/09 05:11 from prostate cancer - Google News
Can the Conventional Sextant Prostate Biopsy Accurately Predict ... UroToday ... radical prostatectomy (RP) for clinically localized prostate cancer at our medical center between January 1996 and December 2006 were identified. ... and more »

» Challenges in Clinical Prostate Cancer: Role of Imaging - Abstract - UroToday
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Challenges in Clinical Prostate Cancer : Role of Imaging - Abstract UroToday This article reviews a recent 2-day workshop on prostate cancer and imaging technology that was conducted by the Cancer Imaging Program of the National ... and more »

» Duplicate Presentations on Prostate Cancer at American Urological ... - UroToday
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Duplicate Presentations on Prostate Cancer at American Urological ... UroToday We cross-referenced all clinical research presentations related to prostate cancer presented at the 2006 American Urological Association and European ... and more »

» Sound waves offer prostate hope - BBC News
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BBC News Sound waves offer prostate hope BBC News An experimental therapy using sound waves may offer people with early stage prostate cancer an alternative treatment option, doctors believe. ... Ultrasound breakthrough offers new hope on prostate cancer Daily Mail Florida Hospital cancer program studied Bizjournals.com Prostate cancer treatment 'more successful than surgery', claim ... Telegraph.co.uk Examiner.com - AScribe (press release) - The Press Association all 39 news articles »

» Tied down by prostate cancer - Daily Monitor
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Tied down by prostate cancer Daily Monitor Since 2005, he has been battling prostate cancer , which has left him limping. The peasant farmer from Seeta-Nazigo in Nakisunga sub-county, Mukono District ... and more »

» Prostate Cancer Patients Should Not Take Selenium Supplements - Medscape
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Prostate Cancer Patients Should Not Take Selenium Supplements Medscape July 1, 2009 — "If you already have prostate cancer , it may be a bad thing to take selenium," says the senior author of a new study published online June 15 ... and more »

» Prostate cancer awareness - Examiner.com
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Prostate cancer awareness Examiner.com It has been reported that one out of every six men will develop prostate cancer , yet many of them are unaware of it until it is too late because they have ... and more »

» Predicting the Return of Prostate Cancer: New Johns Hopkins Study ... - AScribe (press release)
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Royal Gazette Predicting the Return of Prostate Cancer : New Johns Hopkins Study ... AScribe (press release) BALTIMORE, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has ... Soundwave treatment for cancer The Press Association Mansfield one of worst towns for prostate cancer Mansfield Chad Bikers deal a winning hand to cancer centre Royal Gazette UroToday - Renal and Urology News - Orlando Business Journal all 25 news articles »

» Florida Hospital cancer program studied - Bizjournals.com
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» Bisphenol A Implicated in Breast and Prostate Cancer: "Ban It Now ... - PR Web (press release)
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Bisphenol A Implicated in Breast and Prostate Cancer : "Ban It Now ... PR Web (press release) According to Dr. Ruddy, Bisphenol A or BPA is the "smoking gun" linking breast and prostate cancer . Two million tons of BPA are used annually to make a ... and more »