http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/hormone-therapy-rates-no-different-than-watchful-waiting-in-prostate-cancer Recent news and info related to conditions and diseases that could influence men's health. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/hormone-therapy-rates-no-different-than-watchful-waiting-in-prostate-cancer#comment-3794 Hormone therapy rates no different than ‘watchful waiting’ in prostate cancer · Prostate Cancer Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:56:05 +0000 http://www.askmenhealth.org/blog/prostate/hormone-therapy-rates-no-different-than-watchful-waiting-in-prostate-cancer#comment-3794 [...] Advanced Prostate Cancer wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A lot of doctors give androgen deprivation therapy without any evidence that it’s a good thing for early-stage prostate cancer. One of the reasons we’re in such a quagmire on prostate cancer is so many doctors have practiced medicine not supporting the clinical trials but just treating it the way they think they ought to be treating it. A recent study suggests thatthis increasingly common therapy used for localized prostate cancer may not bestow any survival benefits on the patient beyond thos [...] […] Advanced Prostate Cancer wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A lot of doctors give androgen deprivation therapy without any evidence that it’s a good thing for early-stage prostate cancer. One of the reasons we’re in such a quagmire on prostate cancer is so many doctors have practiced medicine not supporting the clinical trials but just treating it the way they think they ought to be treating it. A recent study suggests thatthis increasingly common therapy used for localized prostate cancer may not bestow any survival benefits on the patient beyond thos […]

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