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Links to information about prostate cancer treatments.
The Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration [Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration] provides a wide range of information on prostate cancer.
Updated January 2008
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Prostate cancer - Sexual function after treatment
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Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
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Sexual function can be affected after treatment for prostate cancer: what may happen and why, and what is available to assist you.
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Jul 2006
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Prostate cancer - After the diagnosis
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Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
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Information for men with localised prostate cancer, making a decision about treatment.
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Jan 2006
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Prostate cancer - hormone therapy
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Better Health Channel
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Hormone therapy aims to manage prostate cancer by reducing the levels of male hormones. Options include injected and oral medications, or removal of those parts of the testicles that produce testosterone. Hormone therapy may produce undesirable side effects.
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Sep 2007
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Male pattern baldness
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Andrology Australia
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Hair loss can happen on any part of the body for a variety of reasons, and can range from being mild to severe. Male (and female) pattern baldness is hair loss specifically from the head.
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Jun 2008
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Prostate cancer testing
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Better Health Channel
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Prostate cancer is a malignant lump of tissue that grows in the prostate gland. It generally occurs in men over the age of 65. In two thirds of cases, it is not life threatening. Most men who have prostate cancer die of an unrelated cause.
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Aug 2007
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Intermittent versus continuous androgen suppression for prostatic cancer
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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After lung cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cause of death among males. The American Cancer Society estimates that 234,460 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed, and 27,350 men died from this disease in the United States in 2006 (ACS 200...
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Jun 2007
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Prostate cancer - Useful resources
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Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
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This page lists informative websites on prostate cancer, accessing peer support, clinical trials, alternative and complementary therapies and other helpful topics. It also lists writen prostate cancer resources and where they can be found.
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Jul 2006
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Early versus deferred androgen suppression in the treatment of advanced prostatic cancer
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The prostate gland is part of the male sex gland and is a common site of cancer in older men. Treatments for prostate cancer include surgery and radiation therapy. Male hormones (androgens) stimulate prostate cancer growth. Hormone suppression therapy, ...
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Aug 2001
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Maximal androgen blockade for advanced prostate cancer
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The prostate gland is a common site of cancer in older men. Treatments for prostate cancer include surgery and radiation therapy. Male hormones (androgens) stimulate prostate cancer growth. Hormone suppression therapy, which decreases hormone levels,...
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Jan 1999
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Prostate cancer screening
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myDr
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Information from the Cancer Council on prostate cancer screening.
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Nov 2001
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Prostate cancer - GP's page
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Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
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MrPHIP prostate cancer patient information and resources for use by GPs.
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Prostate cancer - Hormonal therapy?
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Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
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Hormonal treatment is the main treatment option for cancer which has already spread beyond the prostate region, or has recurred following initial treatment by surgery or radiotherapy: what it is and side effects.
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Jul 2006
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About the Prostate Health Improvement Program (Mr PHIP)
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Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration
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Mr PHIP is a prostate cancer education program for South Australian men and their families. Modules cover each stage in the development of prostate cancer including whether or not to have a PSA test.
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Prostate cancer - Ray's story
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Better Health Channel
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Ray was in his mid 60s and enjoying a healthy, active retirement when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He decided to have surgery, and later radiotherapy, to try and treat his cancer.
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Dec 2003
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