Perineural Invasion On Prostate Biopsy: Does It Mean that I Have Advanced Prostate Cancer?
The simple answer is NO, however it should change your treatment game plan. A member of one of my support groups who has been doing active surveillance for about 5 years recently reported that [...]
How Reliable Are On-line Medical Resources When Discussing Hormone Therapy (ADT)?
My friend and colleague, Richard Wassersug published an article on April 4, 2013 on the on-line service, Uro-Today.com, about the lack of reliability on internet sites when they discuss hormone therapy. Dr. Wassersug is a [...]
A Magic Bullet To Cure Cancer – Sorry, Not Yet – But Who Knows
So, you say that there is a magic bullet! A drug that will cure all types of cancer! Come on, lets get real, NO, it is not true, At Least Not Yet. I don’t usually [...]
Parenteral Estrogen May Reduce Hormone Agonist Toxicity in Advanced Prostate Cancer
First, I must apologize for having ignored the blog over the last two weeks. I have been intensely focused on the launch of a new project that we at Malecare have been developing. It has [...]
Understanding & Using Estrogen as Hormone Therapy (ADT)
An alternative to standard hormone therapy (ADT) using luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) analogs like leuprolide (Lupron®, Eligard®), goserelin (Zoladex®), triptorelin (Trelstar®), and histrelin (Vantas®) for men with advanced prostate cancer, but often not used is [...]
Psycho-Oncologic Interventions May Improve Patients’ Distress and Quality of Life
According to a study published in the Feb. 20 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology adults with cancer can experience improvements in their emotional distress levels and in their quality of life through the [...]