Posts Tagged ‘Prostate Cancer’
Surgery a Help for Aggressive Prostate Cancer: Study
MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) — Patients battling the most aggressive form of prostate cancer are good candidates for prostate surgery, and it could extend their lives, new research indicates.
A team of researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia reported that 92 percent of patients with “high-risk prostate cancer” who underwent a radical prostatectomy procedure had a 10-year cancer-specific survival rate of 92 percent, equal to the survival rate after a combination of radiation and androgen (hormone) deprivation therapy.
But the overall survival rate after a radical prostatectomy, which involves removal of the prostate, was higher (77 percent) than either radiation and androgen therapy (67 percent), or radiation alone (52 percent), the investigators found.
“It’s long been believed that patients with aggressive prostate cancer are not candidates for surgery,” study author Dr.
Initial Savings May Hide True Cost of Prostate Cancer Care
MONDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — The initial treatment given to prostate cancer patients has a major impact on short- and long-term costs of care, a new study has found.
For example, while some may opt for an initial treatment that is less expensive in the short-term, the long-term costs of that treatment may actually be higher, the study authors explained.
Treatments options for early-stage prostate cancer include surgery, radiation therapy, hormonal treatment, watchful waiting, or combinations of those methods.