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According to findings published in The Lancet, a new combination therapy can improve outcome and prolong life for patients with prostate cancer. The Cedars-Sinai Cancer study enrolled 1,716 patients and divided them in three groups. Those in the group receiving salvage prostate bed radiotherapy had a median five-year survival of 71%. Members of the group receiving the standard radiation treatment combined with androgen deprivation therapy had a median five-year survival of 81%. And 87% of those in the third group, which received salvage prostate bed radiotherapy, androgen deprivation therapy and pelvic lymph node radiation, were free from progression of cancer for five years.
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Helping Prostate Cancer Patients Live Longer
Cedars-Sinai Cancer Study Shows Hormone Therapy, Plus Pelvic Lymph Node Treatment, Improves Survival
Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy—a commonly used hormone injection—plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial patients’ prostate cancer at bay for five years. The findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet.
The study also shows that patients with prostate cancer who didn’t receive androgen deprivation therapy—and who did not receive pelvic lymph node radiation—had a five-year survival of 70%.
“We can now confirm that pelvic lymph node treatment used together with androgen deprivation therapy, or even used as a stand-alone treatment option, greatly improves outcomes in patients with postoperative prostate cancer,” says Howard Sandler, MD, chair of the department of radiation oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer and senior author of the study. “These findings are an encouraging step forward, both for the medical community and for the patients and their loved ones seeking curative treatment options.”
The international Phase III clinical trial that served as the basis of The Lancet study enrolled 1,716 patients between March 31, 2008, and March 30, 2015. Enrollees were separated into three groups.
Group one received salvage prostate bed radiotherapy—a standard radiation targeted to the area in which the prostate used to exist before its surgical removal. These patients had a median five-year survival of 71%.
The second group received the standard radiation treatment, in combination with androgen deprivation therapy. They had a median five-year survival of 81%.
The third group received salvage prostate bed radiotherapy, androgen deprivation therapy, and pelvic lymph node radiation. These patients had a five-year freedom from progression of just over 87%.
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Omicron’s Toll on Older Adults
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Scientists Identify a Brain Boost From Cranberries
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An Upside to Food Allergies
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Equiva’s Mobile Connect
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SE Healthcare, a company dedicated to advancing health care practices, has partnered with the American Nurses Association to allow its members access to SE Healthcare’s innovative burnout prevention program. The web-based platform—the Enrichment Center—offers educational content and skill-based tools to prevent career burnout. It houses a collection of videos and audios and includes 22 contact hours, with content focusing on the most common stressors for nurses, and offers targeted mitigation tactics, culminating in the development of a personal burnout prevention strategy. Learn more » |
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