Presentations by Topic
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Prostate cancer experts talk about "active surveillance," the practices and protocols to follow in order to carefully monitor the state of the prostate before treatment becomes necessary.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Immunotherapy treats the whole body by attempting to activate a person's immune system so that it will destroy any prostate cancer cells within the body instead of attacking cancer cells directly.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Chemotherapy is sometimes used if prostate cancer has spread outside the prostate gland and hormone therapy isn’t working. Experts discuss taxenes and newer agents.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
General information about PCa - how it is different from other cancers. Support groups and Emotional support. Decision factors. Diet, exercise, vitamins.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Recent advances in prostate cancer genetics have transformed the field. Researchers talk about abnormal genes and the use of genetics for treatment decisions.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Radical prostatectomy. Open vs. Robotic surgery. Side effects of prostate surgery.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Diagnosis and intensification of treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Metastatic or oligometastatic disease. Hormone Sensitive and Castration Resistant. Quality of life with advanced cancer.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Most treatments for prostate cancer have side effects, ranging from incontinence to erectile disfunction (ED), from emotional issues and overall quality of life changes.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Descriptions of various kinds of radiation treatment for prostate cancer, including IMRT (standard radiation), SBRT (MRI assisted high-dose, short course), proton, radioactive seed implantation.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Androgen suppression, Androgen Receptor Inhibitors, Agonist vs Antagonist. The use of androgen receptor inhibitors such as Lupron to manage prostate cancer.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
What's on the horizon for the management of prostate cancer. Advances in oncology, imaging, detection.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Screening (PSA), Biopsy, Pathology reports, Imaging (MRI, PSMA, CT scan, bone scan). What it takes to define the disease.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Moninvasive techniques for destroying small tumors inside the prostate while leaving the remaining gland intact. Treatments include cryotherapy (freezing), HIFU (ultrasound), and lasers.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
Theranostics combines PSMA-PET/CT imaging with a targeting compound (ligand) with a therapeutic radioisotope (radioactive particle) injected into the blood to target the cancer cells. Researchers provide frequent updates.
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Fight fear with facts. Learn the basics of prostate cancer, understand your diagnosis, know your options. Become an informed participant in your own treatment.
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