Prostate cancer can be fear-provoking, however when diagnosed in the initial staging, survival chances are bright. Following diagnosis of prostate cancer, one has to select the correct one out of the many prostate cancer treatments available that merges optimal outcomes with least side effects. The following are the key minimally-invasive prostate cancer treatments presently obtainable. Brachytherapy Brachytherapy also known as seed implant therapy or interstitial radiation therapy is a least invasive procedure involving implantation of small (sized like a rice grain) lasting radioactive seeds within the prostate where they help in irradiating cancer from within the gland. Radioactive seeds on implantation are so small-sized that they are not sensed by the patient. Based on conditions, radioactive  [...]

Prostate Cancer that has metastasized to the remote locations mostly reaches the bones, but would continue to be known as prostate and not bone cancer. A Radionuclide bone scan comes into the picture to assist in showing if the cancer has inflicted the bones. For performing a radionuclide bone scan a miniscule quantity of radioactive matter is administered as an intravenous shot after which the material would settle in the bone tissue that has faced damage all through the skeletal system in the span of a few hours. The person is then requested to lay flat on a table for nearly thirty minutes during which time a specialised camera identifies the radioactive substance and produces an image of the skeletal structure. Regions where the bone tissue have been damaged due to the cancer presence are  [...]

The New Mayo Clinic research examines the relationship between PSA or prostate specific antigen and size of the prostate. The research discovered that the regular yearly prostate cancer evaluation is not essentially a forecaster for the progress of prostate cancer. Yet, the study proposes that in case the PSA levels are swiftly increasing, it is logical to undergo a prostate biopsy for ascertaining the presence of prostate cancer. The presentation of these findings by Mayo Clinic was put forth at the North Central Section of the American Urological Association in Scottsdale, Ariz. The findings were derived from a vast group study of men residing in Olmsted County, Minn. The researchers arbitrarily picked 616 men in the age groups of 40-79 years that didn’t suffer from prostate disease. The  [...]

A study that was lately presented during the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in Chicago revealed that Proton beam therapy could be effectually administered to those men having prostate cancer and was observed to have negligible urinary and rectal side effects. Researchers aimed at ascertaining whether administering elevated radiation dosages using proton beam therapy could lead to early detrimental side effects to the urinary function within the GU or genitourinary system and the rectal functioning within the GI or gastrointestinal system. Proton therapy is quickly garnering immense popularity as a potent prostate cancer treatment, but it is fuzzy as to whether the long-standing results of proton therapy would surpass those attained by other treatment methods.  [...]

A latest research has revealed that those men having desk jobs were more prone to developing prostate cancer. The study showed that those spending major part of their professional lives being seated were nearly thirty percent more prone to being detected with the ailment as compared to those having energetic and active jobs. Examination of forty-five thousand men in the age group of 45-79 years that had vastly physical jobs were twenty-eight percent less prone to developing the ailment as compared to those men spending majority of their professional lives doing desk jobs. However, the British Journal of Cancer reported that those men who remained seated for half of the entire time at work had a twenty percent lowered risk as compared to men that remained sedentary for the entire span of their  [...]