New radiation therapy for prostate cancer reduces deaths ... - NBC …
网页2021年6月3日 · The treatment, part of a new class of liquid radiation drugs, obliterates most prostate cancer cells without hurting the surrounding tissue.
What Every Man Should Know about Radiation Therapy for …
网页2022年4月19日 · Radiation therapy for newly diagnosed prostate cancer can be divided into two main types: brachytherapy and external beam radiation. Brachytherapy, also known as internal radiation, can be further subdivided …
New Therapy for Aggressive Prostate Cancer Improves Survival
网页2021年6月24日 · The investigational treatment, called lutetium-177-PSMA-617, combines a compound that targets a protein on the surface of prostate cancer cells, called prostate-specific membrane antigen,...
IMRT and proton therapy offer equally high quality of life and …
网页19 小时之前 · People with low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with either of two types of contemporary radiation therapy—proton beam therapy or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT ...
A new treatment for advanced prostate cancer improves survival …
网页2021年7月12日 · Radiation therapy is getting more precise, enabled by technologies that make it easier to kill tumors while sparing their surrounding tissues. Some newer therapies are even given intravenously instead of by machines, and they deliver radiation particles directly to the cancer cell itself.
Prostate cancer: A new type of radiation treatment limits risk of …
网页2023年9月6日 · One newer technique called stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) can focus precisely targeted beams of high-dose radiation on a tumor from almost any direction. The entire course of therapy requires only five individual treatments over two weeks, making SBRT more convenient than earlier low-dose methods that require more visits to the clinic.
FDA Approves Promising Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer: …
网页2022年3月23日 · A new FDA-approved drug could be an effective treatment against prostate cancer that has spread. The technology delivers radiation that damages DNA …
Shortened course of radiation therapy safe and effective for
网页2022年10月23日 · A new randomized study confirms that men with high-risk prostate cancer can be treated with five versus eight weeks of radiation therapy. The phase III clinical trial is the first to confirm the safety and efficacy of a moderately shortened course of radiation exclusively for patients with high-risk disease.
In Prostate Cancer, HYPORT Radiation Therapy Proves Safe
网页2021年11月18日 · Many with prostate cancer can safely receive shorter, more intensive radiation therapy after surgery, a new study has found. In a clinical trial, the shorter course of treatment, called HYPORT, reported the same quality of life scores after 6 months as those who received longer course, less intensive radiation.
Attacking metastatic prostate cancer early with combination …
网页2024年3月18日 · UCLA investigators have shown the combination of a short course of powerful and intense hormonal therapy with targeted radiation is safe and effective in treating people with advanced prostate cancer.