Prostate cancer is a significant health concern for men worldwide, with millions diagnosed each year. Traditional treatments like surgery and radiation therapy have long been the mainstays, but a ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Hugs and pictures from the wonderful team at Sentara's Radiation-Oncology department on my final session of radiation. It's been five weeks of daily doses. This all follows results from ...
They say April showers bring May flowers, but in this case, March preparations in the Blount Memorial Cancer Center bring a new treatment option for prostate cancer patients in April. Men with ...
NORFOLK, Va. — Today is the day! Today is the first day of my radiation treatment at Sentara's Oncology and Radiation department. This follows my prostate cancer diagnosis back in December. Since that ...
A groundbreaking new study suggests that prostate cancer treatment may soon become faster, simpler, and less disruptive for ...
Reviewed by Peter E. Lonergan, MD, FRCS (Urol.), consultant urologist and clinical senior lecturer at St. James’s Hospital & Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Once you have been diagnosed with ...
Radiation therapy is often thought of as a treatment that only has a role in early-stage disease. This is no longer the case, and this approach to treatment can be used in several different ways even ...
Prostatectomy and radiation therapy show no survival difference for low-risk prostate cancer, but higher-risk cases require careful treatment consideration. The ProtecT trial supports active ...
Prostate cancer can be difficult to treat with radiation, because the prostate gland is about the size of a walnut. And it can move, just enough for radiation treatments to miss it and possibly damage ...
For many men with prostate cancer, weeks of daily treatments are no longer the norm. Jonathan Tward, MD, a radiation oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains how image guidance, real-time ...
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...
No one ever expects a chronic change in their health. So when my urologist said in 2019 that my PSA test showed the most aggressive form of prostate cancer, I was not prepared. I was 68, and my annual ...