Just as we are understanding the individual cancer cells and pathways, we are also incorporating more individualized treatment options for prostate cancer. Newer options that potentially offer minimal side effects is referred to as focal therapy. We are able to be more accurate in determining the tumor location through a more precise prostate biopsy with the use of MRI allowing us to treat smaller areas of the prostate.
Surgery for prostate cancer is called a radical prostatectomy
Radical prostatectomy is used with intent to cure and involves removing the entire prostate gland and some of the nearby tissue. There are a number of ways to perform this surgery, including open, laparoscopic and robotic. Your surgeon will discuss the advantages and disadvantages for each of these options. Our team has considerable experience in performing this type of surgery.
Cancer cells obtained from a blood test may be able to predict how early-stage lung cancer patients will fare, a team from the University of Michigan has shown. This information could be used to determine which patients are most likely to benefit from additional therapies to head off the spread of the cancer to other areas of the body.
As scientists learn more about which genetic mutations drive different cancers, they’re targeting treatments to small numbers of patients -- with the potential for big payoffs in improved outcomes. But a recent study suggests this new science might be leaving racial and ethnic minorities behind.
Acupressure helped reduce persistent fatigue in women who had been treated for breast cancer, a new study finds. Fatigue is one of the most common long-term effects of breast cancer treatment. About a third of women experience moderate to severe fatigue up to 10 years after their treatment ends.
Individual acupressure points linked to specific centers in the brain can offer targeted relief for breast cancer patients with persistent fatigue, according to a new neuroimaging study.
Reuters reports on a study published in European Urology that shows that black men in America with medium- and high-risk prostate tumors are less likely to get aggressive treatment than white men are.
An experimental drug combined with the traditional chemotherapy drug cisplatin, when used in mice, destroyed a rare form of salivary gland tumor and prevented a recurrence within 300 days, a University of Michigan study found.
"Pre-cancerous cells" appear abnormal under a microscope and can, if left untreated, develop into cancer. One of the most common and trustworthy tests used to detect precancerous and cancerous cervical changes is the Pap test. Pap tests can also find cervical cancer early, when the chance of being cured is very high.
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