[Hopespringpcsg] FW: [PPML] Common ground between UROs and ROs on treatment of prostate cancer

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:
Below are some links to an initiative carried out by Dr. Andrew Loblaw & reported in a US blog.
Also a link to another US based article.
Thx.
Glen


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From: Jim Dorsey Subject: 

Fw: [PPML] Common ground between UROs and ROs on treatment of prostate cancer

The first study referenced here is by Dr. Andrew Loblaw et al.

Seems we Canajuns do some things well....



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> To: PROSTATE at LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG
> Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017, 7:26 AM An interesting initiative in 
> the Toronto area in Canada appears to have found common ground between 
> urologists and radiation oncologists on various aspects related to
> (particularly) the first-line treatment of localized prostate cancer 
> within a community-based, multidisciplinary clinic system.
> 
> For more info, see
> 
> https://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2017/03/29/finding-common-ground-on
> -how-best-to-treat-localized-prostate-cancer-and-what-to-tell-the-pati
> ents/
> 
> Conversely, another recent paper has demonstrated the differences in 
> opinion between UROs and ROs here in the USA when it comes to the use 
> of adjuvant and salvage radiation therapy for high-risk prostate 
> cancer patients following first-line surgery.
> 
> For more info on this topic, please see
> 
> https://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2017/03/28/high-risk-patients-get-c
> onflicting-messages-from-radiation-oncologists-and-urologists-after-fi
> rst-line-surgical-treatment/
> 
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>