Findings from the ProtecT trial: A prostate cancer ‘good news’ story
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This post was written by Professors’ Freddie Hamdy and Jenny Donovan: Freddie…
This post was written by Professors’ Freddie Hamdy and Jenny Donovan: Freddie…
Stanford researchers identify clinically meaningful confounders of retrospective observational research in medical record text.
In this blog for people making treatment decisions about prostate cancer, surgeons Francisco Lopez, Freddie Hamdy and Alastair…
What is the threat posed by your disease? This is how I begin all my conversations with men who have newly diagnosed prostate…
Health economic modelling is always a challenge. The inputs are never quite what we want them to be. The literature that we…
Plastic surgeon Professor Chris Coombs knows whether his new surgical technique has worked as soon as a patient walks into his…
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Treatment protocols for prostate cancer in the United States draw heavily from results of the largest-ever randomized…
One in nine men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. It is one of the leading causes of…
One in nine men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. It is one of the leading causes of…
Die Behandlung von Prostatakrebs hat belastende Nebenwirkungen. Bei Krebs mit niedrigem Risiko ist es möglich, vorerst nur zu übe…
Older patients are often aggressively screened for cancer, even if they won’t live long enough to benefit.
Cancer experts say the rise of "active surveillance" for some tumors is a major step forward, but one family's reaction is a…
In January 2016, in his final State of the Union address, US President Barack Obama tasked Vice President Joseph Biden with…
Understandably, most patients diagnosed with cancer feel the faster they can get treatment, the better. That’s generally true…
In 2011, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued its controversial draft recommendation against measuring prostate…
Männer mit Prostatakrebs leiden später und seltener unter Inkontinenz oder Potenzstörungen, wenn sie sich für eine Bestrahlung…
Prostate Cancer Patient: Consider Monitoring vs Surgery or Radiation, only if Life Expectancy is less than a Decade Reporter…
A pair of recent studies provides useful information to men facing challenging decisions about what to do after being diagnosed…
A recent study of men with early-stage prostate cancer found no difference in 10-year death rates, regardless of whether their…
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NEJM 13 Oct 2016 Vol 375Outcomes and…
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The big medical news recently was a seminal study of prostate cancer, suggesting that when it is diagnosed, we men have options―i…
A recent study of men with early-stage prostate cancer found no difference in 10-year death rates, regardless of whether their…
NewsNew study opens window for OncBioMune cancer vaccine in early and advanced prostate cancer patients.Contributed Author: PR…
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Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of…
This week, Cancer Research UK scientists published a study that showed the impact of cervical screening in preventing cases of…
Enlarge / A surgeon performs a robot-assisted prostate tumorectomy using ultrasound imaging. (credit: Getty | JEFF PACHOUD) …
In medicine, some of the trickiest treatment questions arise out of diseases that are, in a zoomed-out statistical sense, not…
Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of…