Prostate Cancer

Weight loss improved intestinal permeability in prostate cancer patients who followed a low-carbohydrate diet. Evidence indicates that gut microbiota may influence urologic health, including prostate cancer (PC), possibly via influencing intestinal permeability (IP). According to…

A single session of physical exercise is inadequate to alter tumor hypoxia or NK cell invasion in patients with prostate cancer.  Studies have reported that high levels of physical activity are associated with a lower…

Physician-scored toxicity and patient-reported outcomes showed SBRT is well-tolerated post-prostatectomy. Postoperative radiation therapy (RT) is an underutilized standard of care intervention for prostate cancer patients with recurrence/adverse pathologic features following radical prostatectomy. Although stereotactic body…

Biparametric prostate MRI reduces biopsy rates more than PSA screening alone and detects clinically relevant prostate cancers that PSA screening misses. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test is still used for prostate cancer screening after…

A reminiscence therapy-based care program reduces anxiety and depression and enhances life quality in surgical prostate cancer patients. Prostate cancer, characterized by dysuria, urinary leakage, and erectile dysfunction, is the second-most frequent cancer in men…

For advanced prostate cancer, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been the cornerstone of systemic therapy. The most common treatment is testosterone suppression and bicalutamide, a nonsteroidal androgen receptor antagonist.  Enzalutamide is a second-generation androgen receptor…