For men who undergo a radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer, post-surgery radiation therapy can play a vital role in reducing the risk of recurrence. Despite its benefits, many ...

Receiving radiotherapy after prostatectomy does negatively affect long-term health-related quality of life, including sexual function, urinary incontinence, and urinary irritation, but the timing of ...

Researchers found that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), a form of high-dose radiation delivered in just five sessions, is as safe as conventional treatment, with similar side effects and a ...

SpaceOAR Hydrogel reduces radiation exposure to the rectum, minimizing bowel-related side effects in prostate cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. A study showed a 25% reduction in bowel ...

For many men with prostate cancer, weeks of daily treatments are no longer the norm. Jonathan Tward, MD, a radiation oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains how image guidance, real-time ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Men who score high for the personality trait of neuroticism tend to have worse recovery and suffer from more adverse events following radical prostatectomy than men with more with a ...

A surgeon at St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon recently performed the first HIFU procedure for prostate cancer at St. Clair using advanced new ultrasound technology. This makes St. Clair the first ...