The NIH and NCI budgets have remained smaller than needed for years, making this the longest sustained period of flat government funding for cancer research in the country’s entire history. With medical inflation hovering around 18% each year, the real value of the dollars earmarked for cancer research has plummeted. The failure to [...]
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED written by a prostate cancer patient who wants to be anonymous Most men if they ever think about their death presume it will be fast and painless. A PCA diagnosis can shatter that presumption. From age 70 to 73 my annual blood work showed an increasing PSA triggering a referral to a urologist. An MRI [...]
New Coronavirus COVID-19 Online Patient to Patient Support Group Launched POSTED ON: 17 MAR, AUTHOR: MALECARE Coronavirus COVID-19 patients are relieving anxiety and sharing facts and strategies in a new and free online support group. Malecare, the USA based patient advocacy nonprofit, announced a new, free coronavirus COVID-19 online support group at https://coronavirussupportgroup.org People [...]
Prostate cancer conference faculties of five or more doctors should include no less than 20% women and 20% of people of color. Conference organizers should begin this practice as soon as possible and no later than September 1, 2020.
Paying for cancer drugs is hard. Costs are high and options for paying for cancer medications are few. There's a list of financial resources making the rounds that I thought to post. Malecare hopes you find the financial help you need. AbbVie Patient Assistance Foundation (Lupron) www.abbviepaf.org 800-222-6885 AMS Co-Pay Assistance Program (AMS implant) Downloadable Brochure [...]
November 11-17, 2019 is the world's first Bucket List Week. Pack your bags, start writing, put on your swimsuit, or hang glide off the cliff. Bucket List Week is your kick in your butt to tick off one of "your things to do before you die." Take a bath with your clothes on or [...]
HIFU: A newer option for men with localized prostate cancer Richard Ridington If you're considering treatments for localized prostate cancer, there’s one option you may not know of: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU). I am not a medical professional, but one patient who can say why he found HIFU an appealing choice, then suggest some [...]
What's the chance that somebody who was exposed to radiation now has a subsequent cancer later on in their life? The chance of that is a statistical one, meaning there's no large study out there where people are followed for hundreds of months. Researchers have looked at young women who had breast cancer in the [...]
Radiation is high energy x-rays. When you are depositing energy into a target with the latest technology, you're able to kill off a tumor and you're able to preferentially address a given region and to spare the adjacent tissues around that region. There are different types of radiation, but therapeutic radiation is high dose [...]
Taking care of a loved one can be a rewarding but stressful experience. You may feel that you are the best equipped to handle the situation, or financial concerns may have prodded you unwittingly into the caregiver role. No matter how prepared you may be for the job, caregiver stress can plague anyone. This [...]
