Category: Other Treatments

The 18th century French writer and philosopher Voltaire was known for his wit. One remark is especially apt for this blog: “In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.” In January, 2018 the Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation made a big urology news splash with the announcement that the World Journal keep reading

Thanks to PSA screening and early detection, most prostate cancer (PCa) is diagnosed while it is still contained in the prostate gland. This implies favorable odds that any whole-gland treatment is potentially curative: radical prostatectomy, beam radiation, brachytherapy (seed implants), cryotherapy (freezing), or HIFU. For patients whose PCa exists as an unifocal disease—that is, an keep reading

There was a time when proton beam therapy seemed to be the “Holy Grail” of prostate cancer (PCa) treatments. In 1990, the Loma Linda University Medical Center became the world’s first hospital-based proton beam treatment center, making this treatment available to all cancer patients. A decade later, the New York Times reported that proton beam keep reading

At first, proton beam radiation for prostate cancer appeared to be as brilliant a treatment as the pot of gold at the rainbow’s end. I have been following the news on this treatment since I first wrote about it in 2014 when one facility was forced to close its doors.  Since then, my blogs have keep reading