Study finds targeted treatment method has less than half the risk of dysfunction compared with standard techniques ...

AI tool DirectORGANS may streamline prostate cancer radiotherapy planning by safely autocontouring organs—but manual review of target volumes remains key.

B.C. Cancer chief medical officer Dr. Kim Chi said by offering the Washington state option, the agency can increase its capacity to deliver radiation therapy by an additional 50 people per week.

It involved 831 men with advanced prostate cancer. Two-thirds were given the radiation drug and the rest served as a comparison group. Patients got the drug through an IV every six weeks, up to ...

In 2021, more than 30,000 people in B.C. were diagnosed with cancer. Dix says 82.9 per cent of radiation patients start treatment within four weeks, and 95 per cent within six weeks.

Last year, the provincial government offered eligible prostate and breast-cancer patients who were waiting for radiation therapy the option of fully paid treatment at one of two cancer-care ...

In the past, having metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer was like a death sentence with clinician not having much ...

Key Takeaways Prostatectomy and radiation therapy show no survival difference for low-risk prostate cancer, but higher-risk cases require careful treatment consideration. The ProtecT trial supports ...

Michael, David, Paul – the names of just three of our readers who have had to take matters into their own hands when it comes ...

In an article published Friday in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, the authors argue for a population-wide trial that would offer the blood test, known as the prostate-specific antigen test, or ...