By Michael Smith, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: October 31, 2007 Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 — Younger men with prostate cancer benefit just as much from brachytherapy as older men, a researcher said here.Younger age is often thought to predict a worse outcome after radiation, but for radioactive seed implants that’s not true, according to Alice Ho, M.D., of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Ho conducted the study at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center. Action Points   PLEASE post a comment below Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Categories Cancer Options Coping with Cancer Featured News Uncategorized Subscribe All posts by all authors Enter your email address: Comments (RSS) Random Posts & Pages ASTRO: Brachytherapy Called Prostate Cancer Option for Younger Men By Michael Smith, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: October 31, 2007 Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 -- Younger men with prostate cancer benefit just as much from brachytherapy as older men, a researcher said here.Younger age is often thought Cardiac Deaths Do Not Appear To Be Increased By Hormone Therapy For Prostate Cancer Treating prostate cancer patients with drugs that block hormonal activity does not appear to increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. While a 2006 report from members of the same study team found that treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone Brachytherapy of prostate cancer treatment and sterility Posted: Sep 27th, 2009 | We'll talk about the relationship between Brachytherapy of prostate cancer treatment and sterility.Brachytherapy radiation through a direct effect or through indirect effects of free radicals was generated to destroy the DNA double-strand,Instead of splitting the tumor cells can survive longer.Generally cells in M phase and Privacy Policy IsoRay Medical, Inc. 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The study included 26 men, 41 to 72 years old, MR Spectroscopy May Help Diagnose, Determine Aggressiveness Of Prostate Cancer Magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy - which analyzes the biochemistry rather than the structure of tissues - may someday be able both to pinpoint the precise location of prostate cancer and to determine the tumor's aggressiveness, information that could help guide treatment planning. In the January 27 online issue of Science Are Prostate Needle Biopsies Predictive Of The Laterality Of Significant Cancer And Positive Surgical Margins? Are Prostate Needle Biopsies Predictive Of The Laterality Of Significant Cancer And Positive Surgical Margins? UroToday.com - In the online edition of the British Journal of Urology International, Dr. Rodrigo Frota presents the single surgeon laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) experience of Dr. Inderbir Gill. 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Experiments reported in the journal Nature, the scientists Risk For Aggressive Prostate Cancer Increased By Gene Mutations Risk For Aggressive Prostate Cancer Increased By Gene Mutations Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Also Included In: Genetics Article Date: 30 Jan 2009 - 3:00 PST Men who develop prostate cancer face an increased risk of having an aggressive tumor if they carry a so-called breast cancer gene mutation, scientists from the Albert Einstein Research on Aggressive Prostate Cancer FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- The traits of an aggressive type of prostate cancer that occurs in about 10 percent of men with the disease have been identified in hopes of finding a way to diagnose it early, according to researchers. 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