Sentences with phrase «deprivation therapy»

Common conventional treatment is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), which drastically reduces testosterone levels resulting in many distressing side effects, such as sexual dysfunction.

A second phase 3 study presented Sunday found that adding radiation to hormone therapy, also known as androgen - deprivation therapy (ADT) in patients with locally advanced or high - risk prostate cancer reduced the seven - year risk of dying by 43 percent compared to treating with hormone therapy alone.

Hormone - lowering therapy is also called androgen deprivation therapy or androgen suppression therapy.

Because of their dependence on estrogen, these tumors are often treated by estrogen deprivation therapy.

Treatment with an investigational androgen receptor inhibitor significantly delayed the development of metastasis in patients with prostate cancer that had become resistant to standard androgen - deprivation therapy.

A significant fraction of advanced PCa treated with androgen deprivation therapy experience relentless progression to lethal metastatic castration - resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

Long - term follow - up of a large phase III study showed that chemohormonal therapy involving docetaxel added to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) prolongs overall survival (OS) over ADT alone in metastatic hormone - sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) patients with high - volume disease.

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In current practice, men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread widely, and whose cancer depends on male hormones to grow, are started on hormone - blocking medications — androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

When prostate cancer spreads, androgen deprivation therapy («medical castration») is used to cut off the tumor's energy supply.

«The risk of cognitive impairment should be considered when deciding whether or not to receive androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer,» said Brian Gonzalez, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Health Outcomes and Behavior Program at Moffitt.

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a common treatment option for patients with advanced stage prostate cancer.

A new Moffitt Cancer Center study indicated that men who are on androgen deprivation therapy have greater odds of experiencing impaired cognitive function.

The researchers also reported for the first time a possible genetic link among those individuals who experience cognitive impairment during androgen deprivation therapy.

«Androgen deprivation therapy may lead to cognitive impairment in prostate cancer patients.»

Androgen deprivation therapy is a powerful tool against prostate cancer, and more and more men are opting for the treatment as a growing array of hormone - based therapies become available.

The research teams, led by Nima Sharifi, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, studied the role of the HSD3B1 (1245C) genetic variant in two different prostate cancer patient populations, following androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

The cells also might react by making fewer receptors, which may make the prostate tumor cells vulnerable once more to androgen deprivation therapy.

«There has been a groundswell of interest in the idea of reversing resistance to androgen deprivation therapy.

All had been treated previously with at least one type of androgen deprivation therapy and had rising levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), a blood marker for prostate cancer, and radiographic evidence their cancers were becoming resistant.

Enzalutamide, which is taken as four pills once per day, is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for men whose disease has not been stopped by other treatments including, surgery, radiation, androgen deprivation therapy and chemotherapy.

Brachytherapy is an extremely efficient and safe radiation oncology modality, and this trial shows that it can have a wider field of applicability than simply in very localised and low risk tumours when combined with other techniques — in this case, androgen deprivation therapy and external bean radiation therapy.»

The authors focused on men newly diagnosed with localized (non-metastatic) prostate cancer in 1995 - 2011 and treated with radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy, radiation therapy, or primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT).

Denmeade says the combination of drugs that block testosterone production and receptors, called androgen deprivation therapy, may make prostate cancer more aggressive over time by enabling prostate cancer cells to subvert attempts to block testosterone receptors.

«A significant number of advanced prostate cancer patients treated with a chemical castration therapy called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) experience relapse with relentless progression to lethal metastatic, castration - resistant prostate cancer,» said Ronald DePinho, M.D., professor of Cancer Biology.

Androgen deprivation therapy was not allowed among study participants.

Hormone therapies, known as androgen deprivation therapies, help arrest the disease by reducing a patient's androgen levels.

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Also, the therapy that you state could have been initiated sooner (the cooling blankets) has been shown to be effective within 6 hours of oxygen deprivation.

A recent study showed that in many parts of the country less than one in ten kids even get «behavior therapy» in addition to medication «Symptoms» of inattention and hyperactivity represent a communication of a range of issues, including sleep deprivation, marital conflict, sensory processing concerns and multiple other possible family stressors, The post does not say not that medication may not have a role to play at some point in a child's life.

Twenty - two patients with elevated prostate - specific antigen and biopsy - proven prostate carcinoma who underwent MRI of the prostate at 1.5 T with endorectal coil were divided into two groups: those who were treated with androgen deprivation, radiation therapy, or both, and a Gleason - matched control group who had not received such therapy.

Preliminary results of a study of patients with prostate cancer show that MR tractography may be a reliable quantitative imaging biomarker to assess prostate cancer treatment response to androgen deprivation and radiation therapy, according to a team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Quantitative evaluation shows higher tract densities after androgen deprivation and radiation therapy, reflecting gland shrinkage and subsequent fibrosis.

A sensory deprivation pod is what is used in floatation therapy, also known as floating.

Tanks specifically designed for sensory deprivation or floating were created in the 1950s but gained popularity in the 1970s when it became known as Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy (or REST).

Factors that aggravate RLS Sleep deprivation can make subtle RLS symptoms much worse, so sleep specialists often find that when a separate cause of sleep loss is treated — insomnia with medication, or sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy — patients report that their RLS improves as well.

The hormone (androgen deprivation) therapy tricks the brain into suppressing testosterone production.

With intermittent androgen deprivation, hormone therapy is given in cycles, with breaks between drug administrations, rather than continuously.

Two clinical trials of intermittent versus continuous androgen deprivation found that intermittent therapy reduced some of the side effects of hormone therapy, including those involving sexual function.

Researchers have investigated whether a technique called intermittent androgen deprivation can improve the effectiveness of hormone therapy for prostate cancer — that is, whether it delays the development of hormone resistance.

1 - lack of relaxation 2 - devitalized food 3 - unfulfilling employment (dead - end jobs) 4 - dead - end relationships (romantic or not) 5 - surgery 6 - junk food 7 - trans fats and rancid fats 8 - financial stress 9 - sedentary lifestyle 10 - excessive exercise 11 - death of a loved one 12 - alcoholism 13 - smoking 14 - illicit drug use 15 - prescription drug use 16 - toxins 17 - poor eating habits 18 - marital stress 19 - repeated traumas 20 - workaholism 21 - nutritional deficiencies 22 - hormonal imbalances 23 - oral contraceptives 24 - stimulants 25 - counterproductive attitudes and beliefs 26 - conventional hormone replacement therapy 27 - non-prescription drugs 28 - psychological stress 29 - persistent fears 30 - emotional stress 31 - lack of sleep 32 - being in denial about feelings 33 - acute or chronic infection 34 - repeated stresses 35 - persistent negative stressors 36 - fun or enjoyment deprivation 37 - allergies 38 - caffeine 39 - white sugar and white flour products 40 - antacids 41 - artificial sweeteners and colors 42 - major life events — even if perceived consciously as «good» (e.g.: graduating high school, moving, etc..)

Amy Berger, MS, CNS, NTP, is a U.S. Air Force veteran, Certified Nutrition Specialist and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who specializes in using low - carbohydrate nutrition to help people reclaim their vitality through eating delicious foods, and showing them that getting and staying well doesn't require starvation, deprivation, or living at the gym.

This therapy targets lymphocytes via enzyme deprivation and may result in positive initial therapy while additional treatments are considered.

This lack comes up again and again in therapy, at the root of childhoods that on the surface of it were fine, with no abuse and no deprivation, yet lacking that deep, warm connection that can best be described as feeling safe — safe in that loving connection whatever you do, and not worried about losing it if you do something «wrong».

Systemic Family Therapy also facilitates the family's understanding of any local factors that may impact on their difficulties, for example, issues associated with areas of deprivation such as poverty and drugs.

• Past Life Regression • Relationships — couples / partners communications • Family — parenting skills / communications • Pre-Marital Counseling • Attachment Disorders, problems from neglect and deprivation in childhood • Anxiety and Depression, including mood disorders • Grief and Loss — Bereavement • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) • Addictions • Domestic Violence • Rape, Battery, and Assault • Physical connections to emotions • Regression Therapy • Meditation • Spiritual Explorations (Each area focuses on self - esteem - processing feelings such as anger, anxiety, confusion, depression, inadequacy, resentment, grief, loss and much more.)

You may want to read the chapter titled «Emotional Deprivation» to learn more about schema therapy.