[Hopespringpcsg] FW: The Prostate Cancer InfoLink

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:

 

Below is a link to an interesting article wrt Brachy and other treatments for high risk PCa patients.

I have queried doctors who treat PCa in Kitchener, Hamilton, & Toronto about doing LDR & HDR with boost brachy treatments.

The last paragraph in the article (copied below) indicates the challenge that patients face in getting information on the full spectrum of available treatments.

Sadly, a recent analysis of the National Cancer Database <http://www.brachyjournal.com/article/S1538-4721(17)30004-1/abstract>  showed that utilization of brachy boost therapy for high-risk patients declined precipitously from 28 percent in 2004 to 11 percent in 2013. If a patient sees anyone other than the first urologist, he often only sees a single radiation oncologist who only informs him about IMRT. In most parts of the US, there is a dearth of experienced brachytherapists.

 

Take care,

Glen

Glen N. Tolhurst  P.Eng. MBA

Chair PCCN Waterloo- Wellington

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 <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheProstateCancerInfolink/~3/EgfoaPePYR4/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email> Brachy boost therapy and surgery extend survival about the same in high-risk patients, but brachy boost does more 

Posted: 15 Mar 2018 05:46 AM PDT

Two retrospective studies were published in the last week, and they had some similar findings, but some dissimilar things to say about which treatment is best for high-risk prostate cancer. The three therapies they looked at were the combination of brachytherapy and external beam radiation (brachy boost therapy or BBT), external beam therapy alone (EBRT), […]

 


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