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. A prostate cancer patient from Worthing has become the first in Sussex to receive an innovative new treatment.

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Darius Aibara, 61, has been given a specialised radiopharmaceutical drug called Lutetium ... 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 News-Medical.Net: Metformin boosts an exercise-linked metabolite and may help control weight in prostate cancer patients Metformin raised the exercise-linked metabolite Lac-Phe in prostate cancer patients across disease stages and treatment settings, while Lac-Phe itself did not predict anticancer response.

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Patients in ... Metformin boosts an exercise-linked metabolite and may help control weight in prostate cancer patients 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 ... Targeted therapies are medicines to treat cancer. They work differently than standard chemotherapy. Instead of killing all fast-growing cells or keeping them from dividing, targeted therapies work ...

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Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni said on Friday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing treatment in China.