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.
New AI tool from UC San Diego and collaborators precisely maps the urethra on MRI to make prostate cancer radiation safer and reduce urinary side effects. Running on SDSC’s Expanse supercomputer, the ...
For many men with prostate cancer, weeks of daily treatments are no longer the norm. Jonathan Tward, MD, a radiation oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains how image guidance, real-time ...
The average age of men who get diagnosed is 67.
MARCAP investigators conducted the first individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized trials (POSEIDON) evaluating the use and duration hormone therapy with postoperative radiation therapy in ...
According to data from two phase III trials presented at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, patients with high-risk prostate cancer had a significantly ...
Researchers and clinicians from six leading medical centers and academic institutions—including the University of California San Diego—have collaborated to develop a new artificial intelligence model ...
An interview with Dr. Scott Morgan from the Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa on "Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer: an ASTRO, ASCO, and AUA Evidence-Based ...
Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have validated a test that can accurately predict which patients with prostate cancer are at higher risk of developing long-lasting ...
A new study using serial liquid biopsies to track how metastatic prostate cancer evolves under treatment pressure showed that ...
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to wait long to take the next step. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, moving from active surveillance ...