Common Prostate Cancer Therapy Questioned

Hormone Therapy Doesn't Increase Survival In Older Men With Early Prostate Cancer A new study suggests that by itself, a common prostate-cancer therapy that shuts off male hormones does not up survival in older men with early-stage cancer. (CBS) No Dodging Prostate Cancer With Vitamin D Earlier Start, Stop for PSA Testing? Avastin May Stop Rectal Cancer Spread Lipitor-Celebrex: Curb Prostate Cancer? (WebMD) One in four elderly U.S. men with early prostate cancer undergoes hormone therapy - but it's more likely to harm than help. Surgery to remove the prostate - radical prostatectomy - is too risky for most men in their 70s and 80s. When such men are found to have early prostate cancer, they have three options. They can wait and see whether this usually slow-moving cancer becomes a problem (called conservative therapy or... [read full story]