Prostate News Archive
05-Jan-2008
Stills has surgery for prostate cancer (AP via Yahoo! News)
Stephen Stills is recovering after surgery for prostate cancer, his wife said Thursday. Hormonal therapy slows prostate cancer (EARTHtimes.org)
Four months of hormonal therapy with standard external beam radiation therapy slowed prostate cancer growth by as much as eight years, a U.S. study found. Lead author Dr. Mack Roach III of the University of California, San Francisco, said the hormonal the... Stephen Stills Has Prostate Cancer Surgery (CBS 13 Sacramento)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist Stephen Stills, who had successful surgery for prostate cancer on his 63rd birthday, was expected to return home Friday, his wife said. Short-term hormone therapy slows prostate cancer (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
New research suggests that two months of "androgen deprivation" therapy, which reduces levels of the androgen, a male hormone, can help slow the growth of locally advanced prostate cancer when given before and during radiotherapy. Plus, the short course of androgen deprivation therapy does not increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, which had been a concern. Stephen Stills has successful surgery for prostate cancer, his wife says (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
LOS ANGELES - Stephen Stills, who had surgery for prostate cancer on his 63rd birthday, was expected to return home Friday, his wife said.
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