Some Good Funding News for the Prostate Cancer Community
The US Congress has just published the proposed Omnibus Budget for 2016. The good news is that the proposed budget includes the restoration of the 13.2 million dollars to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) [...]
Comparing the Morbidity of HIFU to CYRO After Failed Radiation Therapy
Currently, there are a number of different treatments used to treat recurrent prostate cancer when the primary treatment had radiation has failed. In this situation surgery is considered very difficult and can only be successfully [...]
An Outrage in Leeds England – Prostate Cancer Survivor First Misdiagnosed & Then Stuck With £1,400 Bill For Chemotherapy
A story written by Dominic Horsley and published in the Yorkshire Evening Post claims that in May a 41 year old prostate cancer survivor from Woodlesford was referred to specialists at Leeds St James’s Hospital. [...]
Questions to Ask Your Doctor When Deciding on New Treatment Possibilities
Many cancer treatments have the potential to impact your overall quality of life (QoL). Before making any decision to use a treatment it is important to understand what might be the possible impacts of the [...]
Olaparib – Effective for Certain Genetic Metastatic Prostate Cancer Strains
I have talked a lot about our need to take the next step in clinical care, understanding the best sequencing of our drugs. Since we have a number of new drugs to treat advanced prostate [...]
Soon To Launch in Dublin – GAP4 Clinical Trial of Exercise for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Can exercise improve the quality of life of men with advanced prostate cancer and also extend their survival? To help answer this question a major new global trial known as GAP4 has been launched in [...]