Stromal Biomarker Appears to Predict Advanced Prostate Cancer
The absence of a stromal protein called caveolin-1 appears to be a marker for advanced prostate cancer and for metastasis, researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson and Harvard Medical School reported in "Cell [...]
President Obama Declares September as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ____________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release August 31, 2009 NATIONAL PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, SEPTEMBER 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED [...]
On the Horizon – Sunitinib Malate for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Following Docetaxel Chemotherapy
Docetaxel (Taxotere), or chemotherapy, will as all other treatments for advanced prostate cancer stop working. Many of us will progress quickly to this stage and eventually face a situation where there are no longer any [...]
Survival Benefit of Radical Prostatectomy In Lymph Node Positive Men with Prostate Cancer
In many places it is a common practice to stop a radical prostatectomy (prostate gland removal) if the surgeon finds that the patient has positive lymph nodes. Since positive nodes are considered systemic disease as [...]
Mourning Our Loss
I am truly saddened by the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy, a giant in the area of advocacy for people with cancer and for health care policy. Senator Kennedy’s concerns always included not only his [...]
Heat Stress In Older People And People With Treated For Prostate Cancer
We already know it, but the actual numbers can be a little surprising. People who have obtained the age of 60 are the most vulnerable individuals to heat waves. There are 82% to 92% more [...]