Hormone Therapy May Encourage Metastatic Disease
Once again, the prostate cancer community has been rocked by startling and conflicting news. According to a research study from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine androgen deprivation therapy (hormone blockade- ADT) may encourage prostate [...]
How to Talk to Your Doctor
Many of us struggle in our attempt to communicate with our doctors. One of the problems is that we just forget to ask all of our questions. We get into the examining room after waiting [...]
Stepping Back
We all need to learn to be able to step back and laugh. This very important coping mechanism can sometimes be hard, but it helps to put the world in prospective. Take a deep breath [...]
CASTRATED IS BEAUTIFUL !
Dr. Wassersug, a professor of anatomy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and a prostate cancer survivor often gives lectures about advanced prostate cancer. He opens his lectures by asking a provocative question: "Who in our [...]
Did You Know – Part II
DID YOU KNOW THAT…….. Men have a 33% higher rate of being diagnosed with prostate cancer than women have of being diagnosed with breast cancer. African American men have a prostate cancer mortality rate almost [...]
Did You Know – Part I
DID YOU KNOW THAT........ Prostate Cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in the USA today, second only to skin cancer In the average American family, the male has a greater risk of developing prostate cancer [...]