Audio Journal of Oncology – Prostate Cancer Special Edition 2005

Audio Journal of Oncology – Prostate Cancer Special Edition 2005

08/12/2005

Reporting from: – 2005 Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Symposium, February 17-19, Hyatt Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida In this edition: Will they or won’t they relapse? For patients wit

Reporting from:
– 2005 Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Symposium, February 17-19, Hyatt Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida

In this edition:

Will they or won’t they relapse? For patients with prostate cancer, their PSA velocity before radical prostatectomy best pinpoints the risk of relapse, according to Deep Patel.

Brachytherapy, rather than external beam radiation, may be the best option for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, according to Vinai Gondi.

David Dearnaley has been using the latest precision radiotherapy tool, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy – IMRT, successfully to treat affected nodes in locally advanced prostate cancer.

A new study reveals the possibility of extending life among patients with androgen independent prostate cancer. Eric Small discusses the final survival data from a phase-three trial of the vaccine APC 8015.

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