Randomized Trial Comparing Conventional-Dose With High-Dose Conformal Radiation Therapy in Early-Stage Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: Long-Term Results From Proton Radiation Oncology Group/American ...

The 24.8% relative risk reduction in prostate cancer seen in the finasteride arm prompted the early termination of the study on February 21, 2003, 15 months before its anticipated completion. While ...

Prevention and treatment trials need different recruitment strategies: Experience from the IBIS 1 prevention trial in Australia and New Zealand No significant financial relationships to disclose. This ...

New findings from a Finnish study confirm previous research that finasteride use is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer. In a study of participants in the Finnish Prostate Cancer ...

Finasteride treatment reduces the risk of low-grade prostate cancer (PCa) in men taking the drug for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), data show. Teemu J. Murtola, MD, of the University ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate two months ago. I thought it was another kidney stone I needed to pass, but I had a totally blocked urethra. I was sent home from the ...

A drug that has long been used to treat two common men’s health conditions could have some unexpected benefits. Finasteride — more commonly known as Propecia or Proscar — has treated male pattern ...

In his office at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center, getting ready to testify today before a federal panel, Dr. Ian Thompson recalled a conversation with a patient a few days earlier to illustrate ...

The PCPT has instigated a great deal of debate resulting in the limited use of finasteride for chemoprevention in the urologic community. The reluctance to initiate the widespread use of finasteride ...

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