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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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» Cell Genesys ends second of two Phase III trial for prostate ... - Trading Markets (press release)
27/08/08 11:39 from prostate cancer - Google News
Cell Genesys ends second of two Phase III trial for prostate ... Trading Markets (press release), CA - 48 minutes ago ... Chart | News | PowerRating -- Cell Genesys Inc. Wednesday said it ended the second of two Phase III trials of GVAX immunotherapy for prostate cancer . ...

» Cell Genesys Halts VITAL-2 GVAX Trial in Advanced Prostate Cancer - MarketWatch
27/08/08 11:14 from prostate cancer - Google News
Cell Genesys Halts VITAL-2 GVAX Trial in Advanced Prostate Cancer MarketWatch - 1 hour ago today announced that it has terminated VITAL-2, the second of two Phase 3 clinical trials of GVAX immunotherapy for prostate cancer , which compares GVAX ...

» ImClone Systems initiates enrollment in Phase II prostate cancer study - Trading Markets (press release)
27/08/08 10:41 from prostate cancer - Google News
ImClone Systems initiates enrollment in Phase II prostate cancer study Trading Markets (press release), CA - 1 hour ago This multicenter, randomized open-label Phase II single-arm study is enrolling patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer who have ...

» Prostate cryotherapy treatment available in UK - MTBeurope
27/08/08 09:03 from prostate cancer - Google News
Prostate cryotherapy treatment available in UK MTBeurope, UK - 1 hour ago Each year nearly 33000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer and more than 10000 die from the disease. It has become the most common cancer in ...

» Urodynamix Awarded NRC-IRAP Support For New Prostate Cancer ... - Medical News Today (press release)
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Urodynamix Awarded NRC-IRAP Support For New Prostate Cancer ... Medical News Today (press release), UK - 3 hours ago Urodynamix's new technology, based on near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), is designed to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer and related ...

» Welsh granny returns home after 20000 mile prostate cancer ... - Fresh News
27/08/08 04:13 from prostate cancer - Google News
Welsh granny returns home after 20000 mile prostate cancer ... Fresh News, India - 8 hours ago By ANI on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 A Welsh grandmother who set out on a 20000 mile journey to raise awareness about prostate cancer after her own husband ...

» Prostate cancer can be successfully treated if caught early enough - The Republican - MassLive.com
27/08/08 04:03 from prostate cancer - Google News
Prostate cancer can be successfully treated if caught early enough The Republican - MassLive.com, MA - 2 hours ago Then, three years ago, at age 53, he got prostate cancer . If it happened to him, he says, it can happen to anybody. The American Cancer Society estimates ...

» Prostate Cancer on the Rise - 조선일보(영문판)
26/08/08 23:54 from prostate cancer - Google News
Prostate Cancer on the Rise 조선일보(영문판), South Korea - 7 hours ago A medical study indicates about three out of every 100 Korean men over 55-years-old could have prostate cancer . The Korean Urological Association and the ...

» Prostate cancer screening clinic scheduled - Point Pleasant Register
26/08/08 23:18 from prostate cancer - Google News
Prostate cancer screening clinic scheduled Point Pleasant Register, WV - 7 hours ago By Hope Roush POINT PLEASANT - September is “ Prostate Cancer Awareness Month,” and the Mason County Health Department staff, in conjunction with Dr. ...

» FDA Gives Fast-Track Status to Prostate Cancer Drug - FDA news (subscription)
26/08/08 21:15 from prostate cancer - Google News
FDA Gives Fast-Track Status to Prostate Cancer Drug FDA news (subscription), VA - 9 hours ago OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals’ OGX-011 in combination with docetaxel has received fast-track designation from the FDA for progressive metastatic prostate cancer ...