Your Job Is To Contact Your Legislators
Federal Advocacy Update that you need to become involved with: There are three resolutions that NPCC is currently educating legislators about: H.Res 672 is sponsored by Doris Matui's office (CA-5) and it supports the goals [...]
Fosamax Might Cause Erratic Heart Ryhythm
Are you taking Fosamax to help combat osteoporosis? Many of us take Fosamax as one of the most common side effects of a hormone blockade (ADT) is loss of bone density. ADT causes osteoporosis, or [...]
Chemotherapy – Its Administration and Side Effects
Taxotere (chemotherapy for prostate cancer) is administered intravenously usually in an cancer center or a hospital setting. Often the areas which are designated for chemo administration are referred to as infusion centers. Taxotere is administered [...]
Why is Chemotherapy reserved For Late Stage Prostate Cancer Patients?
The current standard of care in the treatment of prostate cancer is to use chemotherapy (Taxotere) only in late stage hormone refractory prostate cancer. Most other cancers use chemotherapy agents at a much earlier stage [...]
The Realities Of Our Miserable Funding Formulas For Cancer Research
According to the American Cancer Society 28,000 men will die in 2008 from prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer incidence rates are comparable to Breast Cancer rates. Yet, federal funding is significantly higher for Breast Cancer research [...]
ADT & Radiation
April 14 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reported that Eric M. Horwitz, M.D., from Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, and colleagues treated 1,554 prostate cancer patients with goserelin and flutamide (ADT) before and [...]