prostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Jun 13, 2020
Oncology Basics 2016: Genes and Cancer Treatment
In Oncology Basics 2016 part 1, we examined the elegance of the cells that make up our body. In Oncology Basics 2016 part 2, we explored what holds the instructions for life--DNA--and the special processes of self-replication and transcription that are used to pass on and translate those instructions. Now
prostate cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Frontiers in oncology | Added Jun 10, 2020
Is radiotherapy more effective with hormone therapy for patients with localized prostate cancer?
This study examined if brachytherapy, a type of radiotherapy, is more effective with or without hormonal therapy for patients with localized prostate cancer. The authors found that patients survived longer without cancer worsening after treatment with brachytherapy and hormonal therapy.
prostate cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Cureus | Added Jun 08, 2020
Comparing cryosurgery and hormonal therapy for locally recurrent prostate cancer after radiotherapy
This study compared local cryosurgery (CRYO) against androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for the treatment of locally recurring prostate cancer (LRPC). The study found local cryosurgery had a longer overall survival (OS) when compared to ADT.
prostate cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Cancer Medicine | Added Jun 06, 2020
Does anti-clotting medication improve treatment results for patients with prostate cancer?
This study examined if lower numbers of platelets (blood cells involved in forming clots) and anti-clotting medications were associated with treatment results in patients with prostate cancer (PC). The authors found that lower numbers of platelets and anti-clotting medication were associated with higher treatment success.
prostate cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: BJU international | Added Jun 04, 2020
Can bowel side effects caused by radiotherapy be reduced by a spacer tool in patients with prostate cancer?
This study examined if a hydrogel spacer tool improved long-term quality of life for patients with prostate cancer (PC) who received radiotherapy (RT). The results showed that the spacer significantly reduced bowel side effects and improved patients’ quality of life.
prostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added May 28, 2020
How to Smoothie!
This summer has been a challenge after a family member with celiac disease had a gluten exposure (Click here to read more about celiac disease). Gluten damages the small intestine villi (see 5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Your Small Intestines), which are essential for nutrition absorption. For overprostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added May 26, 2020
15 Tips to Cope with Scanxiety (Scan Anxiety)
"Keep Calm And Carry On:" Really? “The shock of that day you hear the words, ‘you have cancer’ never leaves you and your sense of certainty in life and in your body can be hard to recapture after a diagnosis of cancer.”-Marie Ennis-O'Connor After Surgery, Chemo, Radiation This is theprostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added May 19, 2020
Infographic on Cancer Immunotherapy
Last summer we provided a series of posts on oncology basics. Oncology Basics: Preparing for ASCO covered some of the history of oncology. In Understanding Cells, we reviewed what is newly understood about cells--it's way beyond what you learned in high school biology. DNA with lots of animated videos also explained someprostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added May 17, 2020
Oncology Basics 2016: DNA
The Central Dogma of Biology Doesn’t the title above sound imposing? Yet this central idea has moved biological science forward over the last 60 plus years. What we know about cells, genetics and cancer today relies on this "Dogma": DNA carries our hereditary information and transfers that information in aprostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added May 15, 2020
Oncology Basics 2016
"Nixon asked, 'Doctor, what do you consider the most pressing problem that medicine has today?'...My answer was simple: 'Cancer.' He said, 'I'm amazed. Why do you say that?' My reply was, 'I think every physician who is dedicated and sincere never goes on the floor of a hospital where he has cancer patients...-without feeling helpless.
