A study published in BJU International (2016) analyzed 40,533 men diagnosed with Gleason score 8 or 9 prostate cancer to compare prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) rates. The study found that patients with Gleason score 5 + 3 = 8 had a 5-year PCSM rate of 13.5%, which was similar to
A study published in PLOS ONE (2017) investigated the effects of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) on tumor growth, proliferation, angiogenesis, chemotherapy efficacy, and metastasis in breast cancer models implanted in NOD/SCID female mice. HBOT at 2.5 bar oxygen pressure for 90 minutes every third day significantly suppressed tumor growth in
This cohort study analyzed data from 49,237 women aged 40 to 79 diagnosed with breast cancer in Scotland (2010-2017) and Wales (2000-2016), with follow-up until 2020. It found that 5% of these patients used vaginal estrogen therapy (VET) post-diagnosis. After adjusting for confounders, the study found no evidence of increased
