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The USPSTF Downgrades PSA Testing Using Bad Science

It has been in the news so I am sure that you are aware that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has prepared a draft recommendation against prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer. FYI the USPSTF has posted their draft report on their website which you can view here: https://web.archive.org/web/20150112043820/http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org:80/uspstf12/prostate/draftrecprostate.htm The Task [...]

By Malecare|2021-02-17T10:27:49-05:00October 9th, 2011|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Eating Eggs Increases the Chance of Developing Lethal Prostate Cancer

We all know that diet does effect the development of more lethal forms of prostate cancer. Red meat and dairy products are on the “NO” list while fish oil is a “YES”. Now, it looks as if the “NO” list has just been expanded! A large study has found that eating eggs may increase men's [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:52:02-04:00October 5th, 2011|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Diet, Diet and Supplements, How We Live, Uncategorized, Understanding APC|1 Comment

On The Horizon- Coming Soon – Radium-223 (Alpharadin) A Bone Targeted Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer that Extends Life

At the recent European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress in Stockholm, Dr Chris Parker from The Royal Marsden Hospital presented results of the phase 3 ALSYMPCA trial that showed both delayed time to first skeletal-related event (SRE) AND an overall survival (OS) benefit for those men with advanced prostate cancer taking radium-223 (Alpharadin). The real significance of [...]

By Malecare|2011-10-04T15:33:19-04:00October 4th, 2011|abiraterone acetate, Advanced Prostate Cancer, Alpharadin (radium-223), bisphosphonates, Cabazitaxel, Chemo Therapy Failure, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials, denosumab - Xgeva, Drugs & Treatments, On The Horizon, Uncategorized, Zometa|1 Comment

HOUSE, SENATE AT ODDS OVER NIH, NCI FUNDING

OK, I give up. I clearly don’t understand American politics! A new House proposal puts research funding at center of broader FY2012 budget debate, but not the way I would have predicted. In a surprise move the Republican House leaders released a draft proposal that would increase fiscal year 2012 funding for the National Institutes [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:52:03-04:00October 2nd, 2011|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advocacy, Financial, General Information, Politics of Cancer, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Three Types of Aggressive Prostate Cancer Have Their Genomes Mapped

Finally, advanced prostate cancer makes it into the genomeic world of cancer. Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington in Seattle published in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences an announcement that they have mapped the genomes of three different types of [...]