ADT Can Cause Nocturia or the Need to Use the Bathroom at Night
One of the common and constant complaints I hear at prostate cancer support groups is about the need to wake during the night and use the bathroom to urinate (nocturia). There is a relationship between [...]
Choline C-11 A Second Shot To Halt The Cancer After Primary Treatment Failure
The dirty little secret that is kept from most of us when we receive primary treatment for prostate cancer is that there is a recurrence rate approaching 33%. This amazingly high rate is consistent no [...]
Metastatic Prostate Cancer Mortality Rates Unchanged – But Fewer Men Are Becoming Metastatic
The PSA controversy continues to plague men’s health. The United States Preventive Task Force’s recommendation against using the PSA blood test as a screening tool for prostate cancer (PCa) will bring additional harms to men. [...]
An Important Follow-Up For Men Who Have Had Provenge
My blog post last Friday was among the top twenty most important ones I have written. I want to be sure that if you have taken Provenge commercially, meaning not during a clinical trial, you [...]
Bulletin – Some Doses of Provenge That Were Given To Men Did Not Meet Quality Control Standards
It was announced that some dosages Provenge (sipuleucel-T) did not meet the potency release specification for CD54 upregulation, an error that might affect the ability of Provenge to kick-start the immune system. This quality control [...]
Zoledronic Acid (ZA) in Castrate Sensitive Prostate Cancer Does Not Prove To Be Advantageous
One thing I have noticed at some of the support groups I run is that there seems to be a very uneven distribution of when men start taking Zoledronic Acid (ZA). Hormone therapy (ADT) has [...]