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Salvage treatment for recurring prostate cancer after radiotherapy.

A new study evaluates focal therapy against radical prostatectomy for men who have a recurrence of cancer after radiotherapy treatment. Up to a third of men who opted for standard radiotherapy to treat their prostate cancer will suffer a recurrence… Continue Reading →

National Screening – the decision

The UK National Screening Committee has decided not to recommend a programme of routine PSA testing for men over 50. This has proved a disappointment to many. We here strongly support evidence-based analysis and have to accept that with the… Continue Reading →

Success for first implantable nerve stimulator for erectile function post-prostatectomy.

Erectile dysfunction following Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP) remains a major consequence of the surgery, with over 30% of men never recovering functional erections. A new treatment is reported in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that includes the first electrically… Continue Reading →

Chris Hoy cancer battle leads to referral spike

From the BBC

New AI test can predict which men will benefit from prostate cancer drug

For men diagnosed with high-risk cancer, Abiraterone may be prescribed. But it’s efficacy depends on the exact type of tumour to be treated and there can be considerable undesirable side effect including high blood pressure, diabtets and heart attacks. …. Continue Reading →

Exercise ‘better than drugs’ to stop cancer returning after treatment, trial finds

Some tumours can be regressed by exercise. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed after five years: 80% of people exercising remained cancer-free compared with 74% in the other group meaning a 28% reduction in the… Continue Reading →

U.S. President Biden diagnosed with “aggressive” Prostate Cancer.

Former U.S. President Joe Biden has announced he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. His team said the he had a gleason score of 9, and that it had spread to his bones. There is hope… Continue Reading →

Robotic surgery sees patient go home on same day

Da Vinci Robot provides surgeons with a less invasive radical prostatectomy option. Link

Saliva test may turn tide on prostate cancer

Easier screening testing is promised instead of a PSA blood test. Link

How aspirin could prevent prostate cancer spreading

This research suggests a mechanism for the Add-Aspirin trials currently underway that may ‘mop-up’ stray cancer cells after surgery. Link

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