From his perspective, one of the most persistent misconceptions in prostate cancer care relates to how patients interpret ...

From radiopharmaceuticals to hypofractionated radiation therapy, one expert explained the current landscape of radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Radiopharmaceuticals, defined by the National ...

Reviewed by Peter E. Lonergan, MD, FRCS (Urol.), consultant urologist and clinical senior lecturer at St. James’s Hospital & Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. If you have prostate cancer and ...

For patients with intermediate-risk, localized prostate cancer, radiation therapy delivered in five sessions reduced patient-reported side effects compared to longer courses of radiation, according to ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 3.3 million American men live with prostate cancer, according to Zero Prostate Cancer. That makes it the most commonly diagnosed cancer for men in the U.S. There is a fairly new ...

For men who undergo a radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, post-surgery radiation therapy can play a vital role in reducing the risk of recurrence. Despite its benefits, many ...

SpaceOAR Hydrogel reduces radiation exposure to the rectum, minimizing bowel-related side effects in prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. A study showed a 25% reduction in bowel ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Radiation-related bowel toxicity among real-world patients was lower with use of the rectal spacer. Use of a hydrogel rectal spacer reduces the incidence of bowel disorders and related procedures over ...