Cure means complete disappearance of disease and restoration of health. For prostate cancer,many of the data points used to assess the stage of a man’s prostate cancer and his risk for progression of the disease are affected by physician subjectivity for interpreting scale of disorder. If the data points can be so affected by subjectivity […]
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10 BEST TIPS TO DETERMINE NEED FOR PROSTATE BIOPSY
> digital rectal exam (DRE) > PSA > PSA Kinetics (velocity, PSAV and doubling time, PSADT) A PSA increase (velocity) of 0.75 ng/ml/y in a PSA range of 4-10 ng/ml over at least 18 months is considered to be significant. Determining the PSADT, which is the length of time in months for a PSA to […]
Recurrent Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
The same four definitive treatment options available initially for localized prostate cancer are also available for treating a possible recurrence of localized prostate cancer.. These treatment options are High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU),Cryoablation (freezing),Radiation (various forms) and surgery (various types). The four categories of treatments have similar survival benefits but the first three have less […]