Salvage Radiation Extends Survival After Failed Surgery
There is exciting news out of the 2008 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. An abstract (American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (GCS): Abstract 85) presented at the conference described a retrospective [...]
Prevention with Guest Blogger Arnon Krongrad, M.D.
I have invited Dr. Arnon Krongrad, M.D. to submit an occasional post. He is a pioneer of the Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and currently practices at the Krongrad Institute in Aventura Florida. This post on preventing [...]
American Cancer Society’s Prostate Cancer Projections for 2008 and Their New Misguided Direction On Screening
The American Cancer Society has released its revised statistical projections for prostate cancer diagnoses and deaths in the United States for the upcoming year of 2008. The projection calls for 186,320 men to be diagnosed [...]
DXA Scan and Bone Mineral Density
As women age and enter into menopause the hormonal changes they experience causes them to suffer from loss of bone mineral density (BMD). Men who are on a hormone blockade also experience similar losses of [...]
Issues With Survivors Helping Others
I am a firm believer in survivors helping other men deal with their prostate cancer, however there are areas of caution. What treatment should I move on to; hormone blockade; Keto or chemotherapy. Should I [...]
A Valentines Message from Jean Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits “Leader of the Band” and “Same Old Lang Syne” helped define the soft-rock era, died December 16th at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He [...]