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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of combining abiraterone with medicines that may block some of the ways that cells become resistant to abiraterone. The investigators hope that these combinations of medicines will result in prostrate cancer cells dying. This study will see if overcoming diseases resistance to abiraterone will restore sensitivity to androgen deprivation therapy.
OBJECTIVE To assessment the results of repeated saturation and 10-12 core biopsy protocols in patients with a negative initial biopsy but continued suspicion for prostate cancer MATERIALS AND METHOD Data of the patients who underwent prostate biopsy between June 2007 and June 2012 were retrospectively assessed. Patients with an abnormal digital examination findings and/or abnormal serum prostate specific antigen levels were biopsied. The indication for a repeated biopsy was determined as the continued suspicion for a malignancy after the initial benign biopsy result and/or a pathology result consistent with a high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia or atypical small acinar proliferation. Patients who underwent saturation and core 10-12 biopsies at repeated biopsies were compared. Statistical analyses were performed with Shapiro-Wilk test and Mann- Whitney U test. A p value less than 0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.
This study will identify significant clinical parameters and individual risk factors related to certain prostate disease (BPH, prostatitis and prostate cancer). With the identified important correlations, a locally generated bias free nomogram will be constructed for predicting prostate biopsy outcome among Asian men with indications for prostate biopsy. While this study will evaluate the accuracy and predictive value of this novel prostate disease nomogram.
Surgical removal of the prostate (radical prostatectomy) is a common and generally effective treatment for prostate cancer. However, standard prostatectomy can affect urinary continence and sexual function. Different surgical techniques, such as nerve-sparing prostatectomy and seminal vesicle-sparing prostatectomy, may limit these treatment-related effects. In a standard prostatectomy, the seminal vesicles are removed completely. In contrast, during a seminal vesicle-sparing prostatectomy, the surgeon leaves a portion of the seminal vesicles intact. This is done because the nerves that are important to urinary continence and erectile function are located close to the seminal vesicles. The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients who undergo nerve-sparing prostatectomy with seminal vesicle-sparing experience better urinary and sexual functioning after surgery than patients who undergo standard nerve-sparing prostatectomy.
This study was a survey to determine the frequency of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) use in patients recently diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer who were starting radiation therapy. The survey was repeated at three time points to assess changes in CAM use over time.
The purpose of this study is to continue follow-up on patients who were treated on the study called TAX 3505 (MSK IRB #07-101). The sponsor of this study, has decided to end the study early, before all patients have completed all planned follow-up tests. As a result, the investigators do not yet know whether hormonal therapy alone, or in combination with docetaxel, is better at preventing prostate cancer recurrence in patients who had a rising PSA after prostatectomy. This study will continue following patients according to a schedule that is similar to that found in the TAX 3503 (MSK IRB #07-101) study in order to answer that question. This study is known as a registry study. The patients' will not receive any treatment as part of this study. Instead, they will be asked to have a blood test performed once every 12 weeks.
Patients with prostate cancer should have the following examination including biopsy, serum PSA volume, prostate CT scan or MRI, bone scan, abdomen ultrasound, chest X ray, blood biochemistry, blood rout, ECG and testosterone. Two groups: First group:30 cases should be treated with iodine 125 seed implants 0.5 mc transperineal prostate implant +Zoladex 3.6mg im 1/28d (LHRH agonist, 3.6mg subcutaneous injection 1/4weeks). Second group: 30 cases should be treated with Zoladex 3.6mg im 1/28d (LHRH agonist, 3.6mg subcutaneous injection 1/4weeks). PFS and PSA level will be the primary variables.
Prostate cancer is currently the second most common cause of cancer death in men in Western countries. Lymphadenectomy is the gold standard procedure for staging pelvic lymph node and is classically indicated in intermediate and high risk prostate cancer patients and is held at the same time of prostatectomy. A traditionally pelvic lymphadenectomy covers the obturator chain bilaterally. Recently, some studies have demonstrated the existence of lymph node involvement outside the traditional boundaries of classical lymphadenectomy, recommending therefore extended dissection; this also includes the external / internal / common iliac chains and presacral. Thus lymphadenectomy, according to these authors, would also has a therapeutic role, besides helping in better staging. Although some retrospective studies report an association between lymphadenectomy and tumor progression, the exact impact of extended lymphadenectomy in oncological outcome of patients with prostate cancer is not clearly established, mainly by lack of prospective randomized studies on the subject . The study objectives are to compare the oncologic results of extended lymphadenectomy versus limited in order to elucidate the role of extended dissection in lymph node staging and results of treatment in terms of increased tumor cure. The investigators also intend to identify patients who may benefit from oncologically extended procedure. To do this, the investigators will evaluate prospectively patients diagnosed with prostate cancer at intermediate or high risk indicating lymphadenectomy and radical prostatectomy. These patients will be randomized to the extended versus limited lymphadenectomy and the investigators will compare the lymph node metastasis and pattern of spread of prostate cancer, as well as biochemical relapse-free survival, freedom from progression to metastasis and cancer-specific survival.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety BIND-014 in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
This is a non-randomized study to evaluate the utility of MVCT as a quality assurance measure in patients treated with interstitial permanent seed implants for low and intermediate risk prostate cancer. All patients will received the same standard of care treatment but will receive an additinoal CT image of the prostate.