Sentences with phrase «surgery for prostate cancer»

We also know that after surgery for prostate cancer most men have decreased erectile function and that a small group of men suffer from urinary incontinence.

The issue reared its head in the UK last month when comedian and writer Stephen Fry revealed that he had recently undergone surgery for prostate cancer.

The technology could be especially helpful in surgeries for prostate cancer, Nguyen says, where injured nerves can occur up to 80 percent of the time.

Slightly more than 10 % of all patients who undergo successful surgery for prostate cancer have an elevated risk of tumor recurrence afterwards — especially as metastases.

«Our study indicates that hormonal treatments should be incorporated into the management of men who need radiation therapy after surgery for prostate cancer,» said Howard Sandler, MD, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars - Sinai and senior author of the multicenter study.

The use of a robotic system could make surgery for prostate cancer an option for thousands of obese men who might otherwise be turned down, report researchers from the University of Chicago in the April 2006 issue of the journal Urology.

As the book concludes, Hansen has just undergone surgery for prostate cancer.

Many letters sent to Palmer after his surgery for prostate cancer were addressed, «Arnold Palmer, U.S.A.»... To stop pros from launching drives out of the practice tee at Augusta National onto Washington Road, the club raised the netting at the end of the tee to 65 feet in» 94.

My spouse has had surgery for prostate cancer that has left him with some challenges.

Detailed evaluation of a prostate cancer tumor biopsy may predict treatment outcomes for image - guided radiation therapy (IGRT) or surgery for prostate cancer, according to research presented today at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO's) 55th Annual Meeting.

Detailed evaluation of a prostate cancer tumor biopsy may predict treatment outcomes for image - guided radiation therapy (IGRT) or surgery for prostate cancer, according to research presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO's) 55th Annual Meeting.