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Surgery provides excellent long-term cancer control and high survival rates for men with aggressive prostate cancer, a new study suggests.

 

In the study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, men with high-risk prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy had a 10-year cancer-specific survival rate of 92% and an overall survival rate of 77%.

 

Findings of a new study demonstrate the benefit of early referral of young women with breast cancer to reproductive specialists for fertility preservation.

 

The study, reported online September 27 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, showed that referral to reproductive specialists before breast surgery increases the likelihood of obtaining a sufficient number of oocytes for fertility preservation without delaying breast cancer treatment.

 

Findings of a large new study point to the potentially devastating impact of a cancer diagnosis on the mental health of a patient’s partner and the importance of involving family members in treatment.

 

The study of Danish men showed that men whose partners were diagnosed with breast cancer were significantly more likely to be hospitalized with an affective disorder than men whose partners did not have breast cancer. The results are reported in the September 27 online edition of Cancer.

 

Women who have difficulty performing normal activities of daily living after an initial treatment for breast cancer have reduced overall survival compared with survivors without functional limitations, results of a long-term study indicate.

 

“Our study provides evidence of why it is important to develop interventions that improve physical function, to mitigate the adverse effects of physical limitations,” said lead author Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco.

 

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