May 29, 2008
Advanced Prostate Cancer Sufferers Could Soon Be Able To Take A Short Chemotherapy Break Posted By : Donald Saunders- About: prostate cancer symptoms
Where prostate cancer
has moved out of the prostate gland and reached into other areas of your body it is said to be advanced prostate cancer and treatment becomes much more difficult than when the disease is limited to the prostate. This is a particularly effective drug for many people and does indeed hold back the progression of prostate cancer and extend the life of a significant number of people. Where you are treating a disease which cannot be cured and which will kill you sooner or later, then lengthening your life by slowing down the progression of the condition is good as long as that treatment gives you a reasonable quality of life and does not end up being worse than the disease itself. For a significant number of prostate cancer patients, who are generally in their 60s, 70s or even 80s, chemotherapy is hardly pleasant but is a price worth paying when they first start their treatment. Now, however, there may be a little light at the end of this tunnel because studies involving a sizeable group of patients with metastatic, androgen-independent prostate cancer indicate that many people may be able to take a 'chemotherapy holiday' without any significant harm to their treatment. Naturally it is early days yet and nobody is exactly certain yet about exactly how long a 'chemotherapy holidays' might be or how frequently you can take them, but for many advanced prostate cancer patients this seemingly minor advance in treatment could make all the difference in the world.
has moved out of the prostate gland and reached into other areas of your body it is said to be advanced prostate cancer and treatment becomes much more difficult than when the disease is limited to the prostate. This is a particularly effective drug for many people and does indeed hold back the progression of prostate cancer and extend the life of a significant number of people. Where you are treating a disease which cannot be cured and which will kill you sooner or later, then lengthening your life by slowing down the progression of the condition is good as long as that treatment gives you a reasonable quality of life and does not end up being worse than the disease itself. For a significant number of prostate cancer patients, who are generally in their 60s, 70s or even 80s, chemotherapy is hardly pleasant but is a price worth paying when they first start their treatment. Now, however, there may be a little light at the end of this tunnel because studies involving a sizeable group of patients with metastatic, androgen-independent prostate cancer indicate that many people may be able to take a 'chemotherapy holiday' without any significant harm to their treatment. Naturally it is early days yet and nobody is exactly certain yet about exactly how long a 'chemotherapy holidays' might be or how frequently you can take them, but for many advanced prostate cancer patients this seemingly minor advance in treatment could make all the difference in the world.
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