Treatment for Prostate Cancer

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This patient education video explains radiation therapy treatment of prostate cancer. Included are the following sections: cancer and its causes, prostate anatomy, prostate cancer — diagnosis, staging, treatment options, external beam radiation, treatment course, external beam radiation risks and side effects, after radiation therapy.

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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men with almost 200,000 new cases being diagnosed each year. Today increasing numbers of men and their families play a more active role in their treatment and the results can be seen in the increase of men who survive prostate cancer. Yet each over 27,000 men die from prostate cancer. This makes prostate cancer the second leading cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer.

The range of controversial therapies and treatments for prostate cancer is greater than that of any other cancer affecting men. This makes it difficult for men and their families to determine what are the best options available. Rarely do doctors agree on which treatment a patient should receive or when they should receive it. And many of the current books on prostate cancer suffer from considerable bias promoting one treatment over another without good scientific evidence.

Winning the Battle Against Prostate Cancer resolves the problem of contradictory and incomplete information. The book is an unbiased and up-to-date look at prostate cancer treatments and therapies. Dr. Chodak lays out the pros and cons of all reasonable treatment options including the chances that a man may have a good result or develop side effects or complications.

Equally important Dr. Chodak recognizes that men and their families need more than just the facts. They are concerned not only with their survival but also what life will be like after treatment. Winning the Battle Against Prostate Cancer offers empathetic insight into the impact of the disease on day-to-day activities so that patients and family members have a clear understanding of what lies ahead and what options are available should complications arise. The book does not gloss over the controversies but presents them in a clear, concise, easy-to-understand manner.;Foreword , Introduction , Acknowledgments , I Prevention, Early Detection, and Screening for Prostate Cancer, 1. Preventing Prostate Cancer , 2. Screening and Early Detection: Understanding the Risks and Benefits , 3. The Prostate Biopsy-When, If, and How? , II What You Need Before Getting Treated, 4. The Male Anatomy: How It All Fits Together , 5. Staging Your Prostate Cancer , 6. Understanding Tumor Stage and Tumor Grade , 7. Understanding Medical Studies so You Can Get the Treatment That Is Right for You 50, III How to Treat Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer, 8. Overview of Treatment Options , 9. Watchful Waiting , 10. Active Surveillance: A Safer Approach Than Watchful Waiting, 11. Surgical Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer, 12. Removing the Lymph Nodes: If, When, and How? , 13. External Beam Radiation, 14. Brachytherapy , 15. Cryotherapy or “Freezing the Prostate” for Localized Prostate Cancer , 16. Hormone Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer , 17. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, 18. How to Decide Which Treatment Is Right for You? , 19. How to Improve Your Quality-of-Life, 20. What to Do if the Prostate-Specific Antigen Rises After Local Therapy , IV Managing Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer, 21. Radical Prostatectomy for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer , 22. Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Disease, 23. Hormone Therapy for Locally Advanced Disease, 24. Making a Decision About Locally Advanced Disease , V Managing Metastatic Prostate Cancer, 25. Primary Hormone Therapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer , 26. Managing Metastatic Disease With Combined Androgen Blockade or Triple Drug Therapy , 27. Managing Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer With Second-line Hormone Therapies , 28. Immunotherapy Using Sipuleucel-T, 29. Chemotherapy , 30. Treatment Options for Bone Metastases , 31. Is a Research Study Right for You? , 32. New Hope on the Horizon , VI What You Can Do to Help Yourself, 33. The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 34. Using the Internet, 35. The Role of Support Groups and Counseling , 36. What to Do When …Product Description
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men with almost 200,000 new cases being diagnosed each year. Today increasing numbers of men and their families play a more active role in their treatment and the results can be seen in the increase of men who survive prostate cancer. Yet each over 27,000 men die from prostate cancer. This makes prostate cancer the second leading cause of cancer death in men behind lung cancer.

The range of controversial therapies and treatments for prostate cancer is greater than that of any other cancer affecting men. This makes it difficult for men and their families to determine what are the best options available. Rarely do doctors agree on which treatment a patient should receive or when they should receive it. And many of the current books on prostate cancer suffer from considerable bias promoting one treatment over another without good scientific evidence.

Winning the Battle Against Prostate Cancer resolves the problem of contradictory and incomplete information. The book is an unbiased and up-to-date look at prostate cancer treatments and therapies. Dr. Chodak lays out the pros and cons of all reasonable treatment options including the chances that a man may have a good result or develop side effects or complications.

Equally important Dr. Chodak recognizes that men and their families need more than just the facts. They are concerned not only with their survival but also what life will be like after treatment. Winning the Battle Against Prostate Cancer offers empathetic insight into the impact of the disease on day-to-day activities so that patients and family members have a clear understanding of what lies ahead and what options are available should complications arise. The book does not gloss over the controversies but presents them in a clear, concise, easy-to-understand manner.;Foreword , Introduction , Acknowledgments , I Prevention, Early Detection, and Screening for Prostate Cancer, 1. Preventing Prostate Cancer , 2. Screening and Early Detection: Understanding the Risks and Benefits , 3. The Prostate Biopsy-When, If, and How? , II What You Need Before Getting Treated, 4. The Male Anatomy: How It All Fits Together , 5. Staging Your Prostate Cancer , 6. Understanding Tumor Stage and Tumor Grade , 7. Understanding Medical Studies so You Can Get the Treatment That Is Right for You 50, III How to Treat Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer, 8. Overview of Treatment Options , 9. Watchful Waiting , 10. Active Surveillance: A Safer Approach Than Watchful Waiting, 11. Surgical Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer, 12. Removing the Lymph Nodes: If, When, and How? , 13. External Beam Radiation, 14. Brachytherapy , 15. Cryotherapy or “Freezing the Prostate” for Localized Prostate Cancer , 16. Hormone Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer , 17. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, 18. How to Decide Which Treatment Is Right for You? , 19. How to Improve Your Quality-of-Life, 20. What to Do if the Prostate-Specific Antigen Rises After Local Therapy , IV Managing Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer, 21. Radical Prostatectomy for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer , 22. Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Disease, 23. Hormone Therapy for Locally Advanced Disease, 24. Making a Decision About Locally Advanced Disease , V Managing Metastatic Prostate Cancer, 25. Primary Hormone Therapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer , 26. Managing Metastatic Disease With Combined Androgen Blockade or Triple Drug Therapy , 27. Managing Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer With Second-line Hormone Therapies , 28. Immunotherapy Using Sipuleucel-T, 29. Chemotherapy , 30. Treatment Options for Bone Metastases , 31. Is a Research Study Right for You? , 32. New Hope on the Horizon , VI What You Can Do to Help Yourself, 33. The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 34. Using the Internet, 35. The Role of Support Groups and Counseling , 36. What to Do When …

Winning the Battle Against Prostate Cancer

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The genetic and biochemical diversity of marine microorganisms makes them a promising source of useful pharmaceutical agents. The marine cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula produces a large number of lipopeptides that are ligands for the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC). Compounds that block sodium channel current are known to be effective as anticonvulsants, anesthetics, and anti-arrthymic drugs. In addition, the expression of VGSC’s was found to correlate with the metastatic potential of prostate cancer cells, indicating that sodium channel blockers could have therapeutic use as prostate cancer drugs. The jamaicamides are lipopeptides isolated from L. majuscula that exhibit sodium channel blocking activity at 5 muM. They share a common pharmacophore with the hermitamides, another class of lipopeptides isolated from the same cyanobacterium. The hermitamides are structurally less complex than the jamaicamides but have not been tested for sodium channel activity. Herein, we report the enantioselective synthesis of the hermitamides, their sodium channel activity, and effects on prostate cancer cell proliferation. We also report the enantioselective synthesis of jamaicamide C carboxylic acid. Additional work is reported targeting the dimerization interface of core binding factor (CBF), a protein implicated in the development of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). A lead compound was designed using computational screening, NMR spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography. A large series of analogues was synthesized and tested for their ability to inhibit dimerization. We have identified several analogues that potently bind to CBF, inhibit dimerization and block proliferation of AML leukemia cell lines.

Synthesis and discovery of lipopeptides from marine sources as sodium channel blockers for the treatment of prostate cancer.

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Over the last several decades epidemiological, human migratory studies, pre-clinical and even early phase clinical trials have suggested that dietary constituents may offer a protective effect in reducing the incidence of multiple cancers, including cancer of the prostate. Given the potential that some of these compounds have shown in pre-clinical and even some clinical investigations, it is essential to further identify and develop promising new agents in the hope of creating a broad spectrum of cancer chemopreventive agents. In our studies, we characterized two agents for prostate cancer chemoprevention: carnosol and alpha-mangostin. Carnosol, a dietary diterpene, found in Mediterranean herbs including basil, oregano, sage, and thyme has been shown to decrease prostate cancer cell viability. In our analysis we found carnosol to function as a dual disruptor of the androgen and estrogen receptor-alpha using in vitro and in vivo models. Further study found these traits to be unique when compared to FDA approved anti-androgens and anti-estrogens. alpha-Mangostin, a dietary xanthone, isolated from the mangosteen fruit, was also observed to decrease prostate cancer cell viability. We evaluated alpha-mangostin for kinase inhibition against 50 different kinases. Of those, alpha-mangostin was found to be most effective against CDK4. Our analysis describes the in vitro and in vivo inhibition of prostate cancer using alpha-mangostin. We are proposing that alpha-mangostin and carnosol have unique mechanisms of action and may be further developed as cancer chemopreventive agents.

Selected plant constituents for the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.

Is hormone therapy a beneficial treatment? How do you know a cancer diagnosis is correct? Dr. Brian Canterbury, a urologist at Akron General Hospital answers these questions and more for ShareWIK.com.

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The complete guide to coping with prostate cancer, with expert health advice for every man

This comprehensive handbook gives men the vital information they need to effectively navigate every step of dealing with prostate cancer. A newly diagnosed cancer patient faces a mind-numbing array of treatment options, including medical therapies that carry serious side effects — and determining the right course of action is an overwhelming task. In simple yet scientific terms, this book empowers readers with the tools they need to proactively fight cancer by making the most informed treatment decisions possible.

With groundbreaking developments recently emerging in both conventional and holistic prostate cancer research, it is imperative that men fighting this disease have the absolute latest information. As founder and director of the Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia University, Dr. Katz is uniquely positioned to guide readers through the new practices and breakthrough treatment options for every stage of the battle with cancer, from prevention to postdiagnosis.

One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, and countless families will be affected by this widespread but ultimately curable disease. Armed with Dr. Katz’s expert guidance, patients will be equipped to actively participate in reclaiming their health and navigating this difficult diagnosis.Product Description
The complete guide to coping with prostate cancer, with expert health advice for every man

This comprehensive handbook gives men the vital information they need to effectively navigate every step of dealing with prostate cancer. A newly diagnosed cancer patient faces a mind-numbing array of treatment options, including medical therapies that carry serious side effects — and determining the right course of action is an overwhelming task. In simple yet scientific terms, this book empowers readers with the tools they need to proactively fight cancer by making the most informed treatment decisions possible.

With groundbreaking developments recently emerging in both conventional and holistic prostate cancer research, it is imperative that men fighting this disease have the absolute latest information. As founder and director of the Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia University, Dr. Katz is uniquely positioned to guide readers through the new practices and breakthrough treatment options for every stage of the battle with cancer, from prevention to postdiagnosis.

One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, and countless families will be affected by this widespread but ultimately curable disease. Armed with Dr. Katz’s expert guidance, patients will be equipped to actively participate in reclaiming their health and navigating this difficult diagnosis.

The Definitive Guide to Prostate Cancer: Everything You Need to Know about Conventional and Integrative Therapies

My dad has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be going to the doctor to learn more about all of the options he has. If you or someone you love has been through this can you help us with what we might want to ask. Or let me know what you wish you knew then that you know now. Anything and everything will be helpful. Thanks

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Treatment strategies in prostate cancer underlie a permanent change due to continuous improvements. Based on the 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy held in Berlin in 2006, this volume highlights key advances in surgical, radiooncological and systemic treatment standards for prostate cancer. Furthermore, interdisciplinary co-operations and controversies are presented and future developments are discussed. The four parts of the book cover the different stages of the disease – localized prostate cancer, the lymph node positive situation, biochemical recurrence, and hormone-refractory and metastatic prostate cancer. Special attention is given to the value and sequence of systemic treatment options in relation to surgery and radiotherapy. Proving the reader with the latest treatment standards of prostate cancer, this book will be of great value to urologists and radiation oncologists as well as to all others involved in the care of patients with prostate cancer.

Controversies in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy, Berlin, September 2006

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Treatment strategies in prostate cancer underlie a permanent change due to continuous improvements. Based on the 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy held in Berlin in 2006, this volume highlights key advances in surgical, radiooncological and systemic treatment standards for prostate cancer. Furthermore, interdisciplinary co-operations and controversies are presented and future developments are discussed. The four parts of the book cover the different stages of the disease – localized prostate cancer, the lymph node positive situation, biochemical recurrence, and hormone-refractory and metastatic prostate cancer. Special attention is given to the value and sequence of systemic treatment options in relation to surgery and radiotherapy. Proving the reader with the latest treatment standards of prostate cancer, this book will be of great value to urologists and radiation oncologists as well as to all others involved in the care of patients with prostate cancer.

Controversies in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy, Berlin, September 2006

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Treatment strategies in prostate cancer underlie a permanent change due to continuous improvements. Based on the 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy held in Berlin in 2006, this volume highlights key advances in surgical, radiooncological and systemic treatment standards for prostate cancer. Furthermore, interdisciplinary co-operations and controversies are presented and future developments are discussed. The four parts of the book cover the different stages of the disease – localized prostate cancer, the lymph node positive situation, biochemical recurrence, and hormone-refractory and metastatic prostate cancer. Special attention is given to the value and sequence of systemic treatment options in relation to surgery and radiotherapy. Proving the reader with the latest treatment standards of prostate cancer, this book will be of great value to urologists and radiation oncologists as well as to all others involved in the care of patients with prostate cancer.

Controversies in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: 10th International Symposium on Special Aspects of Radiotherapy, Berlin, September 2006