The Old Man and the Dog
From a unknown source: "Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!" My father yelled at me. "Can't you do anything right?" Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly [...]
Hala Moddelmog Of The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Testifies Before A Congressional Committee
Susan G. Komen for the Cure CEO Hala Moddelmog testified before a special hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the need for comprehensive legislation to address the nation's cancer [...]
Bone Metastases
Prostate cancer preferentially metastasizes to bone and the mortality from prostate cancer is 70% once bone metastases are present. In addition, prostate cancer-induced bone metastases are associated with significant complications including severe pain, skeletal fractures, [...]
FDA Approves MIXJECT – A New Delivery System For Treslstar
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved MIXJECT, which is a new delivery system for TRELSTAR (triptorelin pamoate for injectable suspension). The delivery system includes some new [...]
Does Exercise Encourage the Growth of Prostate Cancer Tumors?
At the recent American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR,) there was a shocking poster presentation that demonstrated that mice that exercised experienced implanted prostate cancer tumor grow that was twice as fast than did those [...]
Advanced Disease & Isoflavones
According to a report from Japan in the March issue of "Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention", dietary isoflavones may reduce the risk of initially developing localized prostate cancer, but appear to be associated with advanced [...]