Associated Press News: Cambodia’s 72-year-old king says he has prostate cancer and is getting treatment in China Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni announced Friday that he has prostate cancer and will be undergoing treatment for it in China, where he was diagno ... Cambodia’s 72-year-old king says he has prostate cancer and is getting treatment in China A prostate cancer patient from Worthing has become the first in Sussex to receive an innovative new treatment. Darius Aibara, 61, has been given a specialised radiopharmaceutical drug called Lutetium ...

Understanding the Context

An experimental new treatment slows down the spread of metastatic prostate cancer, postponing the use of hormone treatment by at least 25 months, according to an international study headed by Nijmegen ... MedPage Today on MSN: Ultrasound treatment for prostate cancer has early advantage versus prostatectomy Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni said on Friday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing treatment in China. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will stay in China for prolonged treatment, he said in a statement on Friday. Doctors in Beijing "have confirmed that ...

Key Insights

AOL: Metformin May Offer Similar Benefits as Exercise for Those With Prostate Cancer A common diabetes drug may mimic one key effect of exercise in prostate cancer patients. Researchers found metformin boosts an “exercise molecule” linked to appetite and weight control, even in those ... Metformin May Offer Similar Benefits as Exercise for Those With Prostate Cancer Women's HRT patches can treat prostate cancer just as effectively as standard hormone injections—but with fewer of the worst side effects—according to a large UK trial published in the New England ... Medical Xpress on MSN: Innovative targeted therapy halts prostate cancer spread to the bone Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Final Thoughts

Chemotherapy uses medicines to kill fast-growing cells (like cancer cells) or to keep them from dividing (which is how cancers grow). It is a systemic treatment which means the medicines will travel ...