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Radiation for prostate cancer increases hip fracture risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men who receive radiation treatment for prostate cancer are at greater risk of hip fracture, a new study in the March 16 issue of Cancer reports. Based on the findings, men with prostate cancer considering their treatment options should be told about the risk associated with...

Biochemical recurrence with or without metastatic disease

Adjunctive Treatments for Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer

Anna Ferrari, MD, Professor and Co-Director GU Research at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the longstanding treatment options used in addition to chemotherapy, including antiadrogens and CYP inhibitors. Ketoconazole is an example of a CYP inhibitors. Related ReadingCYP17 inhibitors for prostate cancer...
Anna Ferrari, MD, Professor and Co-Director GU Research at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses Androgen Deprivation Therapy. Androgen Deprivation Therapy is the gold standard for men with metastatic prostate cancer in addition to docetaxel based therapy. ADT typically instituted early and has been shown to...

Diagnosing Prostate Cancer

Baseline PSA and Cancer Mortality