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| Date : 12/16/2008 |
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Hour : 7:03:16 PM |
| Resource : AP |
| Summery : LONDON – Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hormone-blocking drugs cut the death rate in half in a study of Scandinavian men, researchers report. In the United States, the combination has been standard care since the 1990s. But in Europe, many doctors have avoided the combo treatment and used hormone drugs alone, thinking the pair would be too harsh for most patients. |
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"What this study shows is that men with prostate cancer do benefit from more aggressive therapy," said Dr. Howard Sandler, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and a spokesman for the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
The Scandinavian rearchers tracked 875 men with advanced prostate cancer in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
About half were given hormone-blocking drugs while the other half got the same treatment plus radiation. The drugs block production of testosterone, which feeds cancer cells.
Read more at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_prostate_cancer
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