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Managing bone health in patients with prostate cancer

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Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada BARKIN J. How I Do It: Managing bone health in patients with prostate cancer. Can J Urol 2014;21(4): 7399-7403. Urologists have two scenarios where they have to address bone loss or increased risk of fractures in men with prostate cancer. In the first setting, a patient who has been started on androgen deprivation therapy may develop cancer-treatment-induced bone loss. In the second setting, a patient’s prostate cancer may have metastasized to the bone. This article describes six steps to manage bone health in patients diagnosed with prostate cancer […]

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Good Prostate Cancer Outcomes Possible Despite Salvage Radiation Failure

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Salvage radiation therapy (SRT) given after radical prostatectomy may improve outcomes in prostate cancer (PCa) patients, even in those who fail the treatment, according to study findings presented at the 56th annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in San Francisco. Read the article.

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Aspirin Eases Genitourinary Toxicity from Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy

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Low-dose aspirin use is independently associated with decreased acute genitourinary (GU) toxicity in patients undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer (PCa), researchers reported at the American Society for Radiation Oncology 56th annual meeting in San Francisco. Read the article.

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Newsletter September 2014

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Awareness: The PCCN-Toronto and Side by Side Prostate Cancer Support Groups Newsletter. In this Issue: Dr. Mark Moyad – September Awareness Night Survivor Forum – July 30th Awareness Night Dr. Padraig Warde – November Awareness Night – Come celebrate our 20th Anniversary Do It For Dads Walk/Run – Father’s Day, June 15th – Huge Success In Memory of Moe Wagman and John Dell Fred Cohen Resigns from Board Ongoing in 2014   Read it by clicking the link below to open the pdf file: September_2014_Newsletter

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