Men who suffer from prostate cancer seek alternative methods of treatment
In recent years, many men who have prostate cancer have decided to go with a different method of treatment – holding their breaths.
Men with tumours that are small that develop gradually over time often go for numerous assessments and then only if the disease gets worse do they begin treatment – this is also known as: “active surveillance” or “watchful waiting”.
A multitude studies are being conducted globally that spot light on this process known as watchful waiting. These studies have been designed to provide men with more definite answers when it comes to weighing up the pros and cons between the pressure of living with Prostate Cancer and the well-renowned side effects of radiation & surgery.
Due to the screening of more men and as a result, more low-risk cancers are being detected, the alternative of watchful waiting is becoming ever more accepted amongst those who are diagnosed with the illness.
Over 50% of all men will have cancer cells in their prostate at the age of 80, and most of which will not have been diagnosed. Never the less, only a small portion (roughly 3%) will pass away from prostate cancer.
Prostate tumours are mostly small and slow-growing and the bulk of the men who develop them will pass away as a result of something else.
Roughly 60% of all men that are diagnosed with the illness are potential candidates for active surveillance if they choose this ‘treatment’.
There are a number of clinical research studies being conducted (including the clinical data management) that are focussed at establishing an actual cure for the disease, one of which was carried out recently at one of Europe’s leading CROs. The main aim of the study (drug trials) was to determine the effects the body had on the study drug. This was a new drug developed with the anticipation that it would have fewer side effects than the treatments currently available on the market. The study drug is not available by prescription or as an over-the-counter medication but is currently under research in other clinical trials. The outcome of this research study is yet to be established.
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