Dr. Juanita Crook, formerly with Princess Margaret Hospital, is now a professor of radiation oncology at UBC and an oncologist with the B.C. Cancer Agency. She specializes in brachytherapy. Read the article here.
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The introduction of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) has improved the diagnosis and risk stratification of intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer. In addition to diagnosis, mpMRI has increasingly become a useful tool for monitoring the prostate cancer risk of patients on active surveillance (AS) programmes. Long-term data indicates that there is no oncological benefit for AS programmes for patients diagnosed with intermediate risk prostate cancer. Further, there is increasing evidence that PI-RADS 4 lesion on mpMRI correlates with intermediate and high-risk prostate cancer. Read the article here.
Dr. George Suarez, a Miami urologist, is unabashed in his enthusiasm for high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), the use of ultrasound waves energy to destroy cancerous prostate cells. But not all urologists share in his excitement, and many express skepticism whether the benefits outweigh the risks. Dr. Peter Scardino, a urologist and chair of the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is one of them. “When I look at the results of HIFU for prostate cancer—which has been used in Europe for the last 15 years—what I see is cancer control rates that are no better than radiation
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The headline reads: ‘His disease has disappeared’: Man ‘cured’ of advanced prostate cancer with shock doses of testosterone A possible new treatment option? Read the article.
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A new care model for patients with low-risk prostate cancer may help prevent disease overtreatment. This evidence-based approach uses best practices to select patients to avoid disease overtreatment. Results from a 3-year study recently published in Urology indicate that active surveillance (AS) rates nearly doubled after this model was adopted. Read the article here.
A “game changer” study has concluded many prostate cancer patients need half as much radiation treatment as currently given. Ontario hospitals are already starting to change treatment to four weeks from the standard eight because of the study led by Hamilton’s Juravinski and Toronto’s Princess Margaret cancer centres. Read the article here.
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Metastatic prostate cancer patients respond better to treatment when they switch to different drugs in the absence of an optimal initial response, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. Read the article here.
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Up until now, capturing an image of a prostate cancer has been difficult because prostate tissue and tumor tissue are so similar. Precise, non-invasive surgical treatment has proved difficult as a result. Now UCLA researchers report that prostate cancer patients may soon have a new option to treat their disease: laser heat. Read the article here.
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September 2016 Awareness Night A Surgeon and His Patient – A Patient and His Surgeon Mark Cullen, Gardening Expert Radio and Television Personality and Best-selling Author Well-known newspaper and magazine columnist Member of the Order of Canada Prostate Cancer Survivor DR. GROLL’S PATIENT Dr. Ryan Groll, MD, MSc, FRCPC Endourologist, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeon Michael Garron Hospital (Toronto East Health Network) (formerly Toronto East York General Hospital) Lectuter, Dept. of Surgery, U. of Toronto MARK CULLEN’S SURGEON CLICK ON THE ARROW TO START THE VIDEO The Complete Presentation 52:22 minutes
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Really excellent and well presented facts and documentation About 50 minutes (including a bit painful 5 minutes to start up)but well worth listening to When you link to the site it will ask for your name and email address before opening View the Webinar.
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