How We Know What Drugs Might Work In Combination With Each Other – Bringing The Next Big Breakthrough in Prostate Cancer Treatment
Many of the posts that I have written discussed the need for evaluating our current advanced prostate cancer drugs in both combinations and their sequencing. We have a number of new drugs, but we don’t [...]
Avoiding Increased Colon Cancer Risk Created By Errors Made in a Colonoscopy
Having been diagnosed with prostate cancer does not make you immune to developing another cancer. Look specifically at me; I have now been diagnosed with five different, primary cancers. Not only do we remain susceptible [...]
Our New Therapies and the Development of Cross Resistance to these Drugs
Men with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) have become fortunate over the last few years as there we now have a number of new drugs available which can extend our life and can also [...]
Intermittent Hormone Therapy Versus Continuous Hormone Therapy: a Meta-Analysis
Intermittent hormone therapy (IHT) as opposed to continuous hormone therapy (CHT) provides a better quality of life (QoL) for men with locally advanced prostate cancer. However, there is a debate created by a few major [...]
Chemotherapy in Very Elderly Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Clinical trials for treatment of men with advanced prostate cancer often don’t include men who are considered very elderly (aged over 80 years). So, even if we know that a treatment is tolerable and effective [...]
Perioperative Complications following Artificial Urinary Sphincter Placement After Prostate Cancer Surgery
Urinary incontinence post-prostatectomy is a too common complaint from men. Although the actual degree of incontinence suffered ranges from being minor, or a simple and small amount of post urination dribble, to a complete and [...]