One Years Cost To Treat One man with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Of interest is a recent advanced prostate cancer survivor's post the cost of his treatments in 2010. His accompanying comments were: Often on these boards we discuss the cost of treating prostate cancer. Below you [...]
NY Times – A Fighting Spirit Won’t Save Your Life……But
Last Tuesday’s New York Times had a commentary, A Fighting Spirit Won’t Save Your Life caused me to pause and think. The author, Richard Sloan, who is a professor of behavioral medicine at the Columbia [...]
“The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”
I just started reading one of the most interesting books I have recently enjoyed about the history of cancer. Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," tells the [...]
Prostate Cancer & Sexuality
The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia is conducting an international survey of men’s experiences of sexual activity following treatment for prostate cancer. The aims of this [...]
Healing and Support – The Goal of A Cancer Support Group
On the heels of that terrible attack in Arizona there has been a lot of conversation in the media about healing. This has been a time of deep distress across the country with many images [...]
A New Strategey – Fight Cancer with Cancer – On The Horizon
Thinking out of the box, a new concept to fight cancer, including prostate cancer, has been developed. The strategy is simple, fight cancer with cancer! In a very small phase one trial researchers at the [...]