Prostate Cancer Patients Healing Faster
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A breakthrough in radiation therapy may cut down the time localized prostate cancer patients spend healing.
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PROSTATE HEALTH
Radiation therapy for treating prostate cancer
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One of the methods of treatment for prostate cancer is with radiation therapy. This can be used alone or in combination with hormonal treatment for treating prostate cancer. Radiation is sometimes used after prostate cancer surgery as another option to destroy any remaining cancer cells and to relive pain from metastatic cancer. Using radiation is most effective when the cancer has not spread beyond the prostate even though it can still be used if the cancer has spread to other nearby tissue.
Read More4 foods to avoid for prostate health
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Any man who wants to have a healthy prostate should pay careful attention to his food choices. Choose too many of not-so-healthy foods and his prostate may pay the price. Men are notorious for loving their big beefy steaks, triple bacon cheeseburgers and fried foods which do no favors for his prostate health.
Read MoreCan We Beat Prostate Cancer Using Less Radiation?
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Patients undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer can expect to be under the beam for a term of up to nine weeks.
Read MoreWhen prostate cells look abnormal but are not cancerous
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Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia or PIN for short is a condition in which cells from the prostate begin to look and behave abnormally.
Read MoreMale pattern baldness and risk of prostate cancer – is there a link?
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Up to 20% of men beginning already in their twenties will have male pattern baldness with the rate increasing among men with each decade of life.
Read MoreGene Defects & Prostate Cancer
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As you know by now, there is no shortage of methods to treat prostate cancer. The trick is figuring out which treatment will be best suited to each individual case, as one size doesn't fit all.
Read MoreA Man's Weight & Prostate Cancer
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Research indicates that men who are obese or even overweight when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer are more likely to die from the disease than men at a healthy weight.
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Prostate Cancer & Inherited Mutations
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Men with inherited mutations in three genes associated with the development of prostate cancer are more likely to develop aggressive forms of the disease.
Read MoreWhen Prostate Cancer Returns
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Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for prostate cancer to return after initial treatment. What this means is, simply, your physician did not completely cure you on the first go-round: some cancer cells remain in your system.
Read MoreFacts On Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
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Men who are diagnosed with localized prostate cancer or where the cancer is completely contained within the prostate gland and has not spread, have the option of being treated with a procedure called laparoscopic prostatectomy.
Read MoreWhere Prostate Cancer Begins
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Prostate cancer researchers studying genetic variations have pinpointed 45 genes associated with disease development and progression.
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