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• MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROSTATE SURGERY MAY HAVE PROS AND CONS
  CancerConsultants.com, 10/15/2009
  
  Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, a less invasive surgical procedure that has gained in popularity in recent years, appears to result in shorter hospital stays, fewer blood transfusions, and fewer postoperative respiratory complications than open, retropubic radical prostatectomy, but higher rates of incontinence and erectile dysfunction. These results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
• ADDITION OF ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY IMPROVES SURVIVAL WITH LOCALLY ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER
  CancerConsultants.com, 10/08/2009
  
  In men with locally advanced prostate cancer, the addition of androgen deprivation therapy to radiation therapy improves overall and progression-free survival without substantially affecting cardiovascular mortality. These results, based on close to 10 years of follow-up, were presented at a European cancer conference.
• HORMONE THERAPY IN PROSTATE CANCER INCREASES RISK OF HEART DISEASE
  CancerConsultants.com, 10/06/2009
  
  Hormone therapy used to treat men with advanced prostate cancer may lead to an increased risk of heart disease, according to the results of a study presented on September 22, 2009 at Europe’s largest cancer congress, ECCO 15-ESMO 34, in Berlin.