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Is Chemotherapy Or Surgery Used More For Prostate Cancer?
Most people have had some type of chemotherapy for illness during their lives - for example, taking penicillin for an infection. Today, the word "chemotherapy" is used most often to describe a method of
In the early days, chemotherapy was considered a last resort to be used only in terminal cases when all else had failed to cure a cancer. When it...
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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: When is Chemotherapy Used...
As a medical oncologist, I recently met with a breast cancer patient and her breast surgeon to determine the best course of treatment for... Read more »
Evaluating Chemotherapy and Surgery for Breast Cancer Treatment
Except with certain types of breast cancer (such as inflammatory); or in certain cases where advanced cancer has generated a tumor so large... Read more »
Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostate Surgery & Erectile Dysfunction...
After robotic prostate surgery that is performed for cancer, the patient will have a foley catheter (a small drain that is placed in the... Read more »
Prostate surgery and erectile dysfunction in younger men
One of the most consequences of prostate surgery is erectile dysfunction. So it is a bit alarming that advanced stage (IV) prostate... Read more »
Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction
One of the outcomes of prostate surgery is erectile dysfunction. So it is a bit alarming that advanced stage (IV) prostate cancer is... Read more »
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Clinical trial: Surgery plus meds in localized prostate cancer...
This is a study to determine if the chemotherapy medications docetaxel, leuprolide, and goserelin are effective when given before surgery in patients... Read more »
Prostate Cancer Surgery
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Hormone Therapy and ChemotherapyAndrogen Deprivation Therapy (Hormone Therapy)Male hormones (called androgens), particularly testosterone and... Read more »
Treating Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Men With Localized Prost...
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Treating Prostate Cancer A Guide for Men With Localized Prostate Cancer Most men have time to learn about all the options for treating their prostate... Read more »
Chemotherapy 101 Part I: Preparing for Chemotherapy
After my breast cancer diagnosis and lumpectomy, I believed that, unlike other women with my diagnosis, I did not need chemotherapy -- that my cancer... Read more »
Before Surgery for Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy an...
Source: Breastcancer.org
Many studies have shown that giving chemotherapy — and possibly targeted therapy — before surgery for inflammatory breast cancer is better than... Read more »
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