Under Treatment of Prostate Cancer in Rural Locations

Rural Locations and Cancer Care Challenges

Mortality rates for road traffic accidents, asthma, and cancer are worse in rural areas. Cancer is diagnosed at a later stage and intervention rates for coronary artery disease (key government targets for health improvement) are lower (Baird et al., 2006). Telemedicine can be costeffective for different entities of care. For example, teleoncology is obviously cost-effective for the patients the...

Analysis of Hip Joint Dose in Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy: A Dosimetric Comparison of Treatment Plans

Background and purpose: Radiation therapy as a part of cancer treatment is used in almost 50-60% of involved cases. In prostate cancer radiation therapy, a large volume of pelvis is irradiated, so, it is necessary to preserve sensitive organs around the treatment area, especially rectum and bladder. In this study, some dosimetric parameters such as minimum dose (Dmin), maximum dose (Dmax), mean...

The possibility of hormone-mediated PSA derangement in prostate cancer treatment

Background: This study was designed to suggest the possibility of hormone-related derangement in salvage radiotherapy (SRT) after radical prostatectomy in terms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) control. Materials and Methods: Among 160 consecutive prostate cancer patients who received radical prostatectomy, 34 with SRT between 2004 and 2012 were retrospectively reviewed. The numbers of patien...

The course of metastatic prostate cancer under treatment

The first-line management of metastatic prostate cancer is hormonal therapy. However, resistance to this treatment will emerge within an average of 24 months. Our purpose was to determine the course of metastatic prostate cancer under treatment. A total of 56 patients who were diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer were enrolled. As initial management, 3 kinds of hormonal therapy consisting ...

insertion of intraprostate gold fiducial markers in prostate cancer treatment