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What Do the New Heart Health Guidelines Mean for You?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...recommendations are the same. Note that we do use “female hormones” for the treatment of... Read more »
Treatment Talk
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert...etc.? He and his urologist decided to go ahead with hormone treatment and radiotherapy... Read more »
Prostate Cryoablation
By Marc Greenstein , Health ExpertI recently attended the Us TOO, prostate cancer support group, meeting at one of our local... Read more »
I.M.R.T. -- Does Profit Potential Drive Prostate Cancer Treatmen
By Christopher Lukas , Health Expert...over months)There are others (freezing the tumors; hormones; homeopathic, etc.), but those... Read more »
Rethinking the Wait-and-See Approach to Prostate Cancer
By Marc Greenstein , Health ExpertOn December 13th, the Washington Post printed a story called Study Disputes Wait-and-See Approach... Read more »
Health Guide
The Prevalence and Types of Sexual Dysfunction in People With Cancer
...chemotherapy or pelvic radiation therapy is a frequent antecedent to sexual dysfunction, particularly when hormone replacement is contraindicated because the malignancy is hormonally sensitive.... Read more »Prostate Cancer: Other Treatments
Other TreatmentsAndrogen Suppression GuidelinesMale hormones (called androgens), particularly testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, determine male secondary sex characteristics and stimulate prostate... Read more »Prostate Cancer: Highlights
Watchful Waiting Versus TreatmentThe debate continues over whether or not men diagnosed with low-grade local prostate cancer should delay treatment:A 2005 New England Journal of Medicine... Read more »Prostate Cancer Prognosis
...potentially curable if it is contained within the prostate, although in most cases the cancer has spread. Hormone treatments for such recurring cancers can often prolong survival for years,... Read more »Physical Causes of Erectile Dysfunction: Impotence Causes
...antidepressants pose fewer problems.Anti-androgens, including drugs known as gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists. They are used in prostate cancer and also for treating BPH.Drugs that... Read more »Images
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Prostate cancer treatment can speed heart attacks
October 03, 2008The hormone-suppressing treatment used to treat prostate cancer may bring on earlier heart attacks, new research suggests. Experts say that even a... Read summary »
Calcium Linked to Prostate Cancer
September 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Too much calcium in a man's bloodstream could increase his risk of developing fatal prostate cancer, according to a new study.... Read summary »
Best Option for Prostate Cancer Patients?
October 22, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Prostate cancer patients whose cancer has not spread are usually given several options for treatment. They can have surgery to... Read summary »
Better Prostate Cancer Detection
May 05, 2008ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Each year, more than 230,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, but there hasn't been a reliable... Read summary »
Prostate Cancer Breakthrough
May 05, 2008DALLAS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Today's doctor's visit is one Bruce Tower didn't know he'd be able make. "Anytime you hear the 'C word,' it's... Read summary »
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