Prostate news article, January 2008
HOPE FOR PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT Findings reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology Information provided from Channel 4 News by newsfeed service. |
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PANews/ Prostate cancer can be held back for up to eight years by an early short course of hormone treatment, research has shown. Given alongside radiotherapy, it can help men with potentially aggressive cancer to live longer, said scientists.
Just four months of hormone therapies which lower levels of testosterone or block its effect had a dramatic effect when given at an early stage before and during standard radiotherapy.
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