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Senator Harkin and the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Hold Hearings on the Budget Allocations to the NCI for Cancer Research

On Thursday the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held its FY 2010 NIH budget hearing. There were two particular items of note for the cancer community. When discussing the NIH funding which was received through the economic stimulus package, Senator Harkin questioned if the current two years the NIH [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:55:16-04:00May 23rd, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Financial, NIH, Politics of Cancer, Research, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Younger Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer Die Earlier from the Cancer

A paradoxical, but logical finding, indicates that I am more likely to die from prostate cancer than my fellow pc survivors. In the world of prostate cancer I am a young man. I was diagnosed at 50 years and suffered a recurrence at 55 years, in the prostate cancer world this makes me a young [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:55:16-04:00May 22nd, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Drugs & Treatments, General Information, Prostate Ponderings, Screening, Uncategorized, Understanding APC|0 Comments

Does Androgen-Deprivation Therapy Provide a Survival Benefit? A Look at Survival Outcomes in Men Receiving ADT as Primary or Salvage Treatment for Localized or Advanced Prostate Cancer- Conclusions from a 20-Year Single-Center Experience

The Department of Urology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, performed a retrospective study designed to evaluate the overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) in men receiving primary androgen-deprivation therapy (PADT) or salvage medical ADT (SADT) for prostate cancer. The study included men who were diagnosed and treated with ADT between July [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:55:17-04:00May 21st, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials, Drugs & Treatments, General Information, Hormone Therapy, Uncategorized, Understanding APC|0 Comments

Take Action – Advocate for Increased Funding for the DOD PCRP

Getting increased funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) Peer Review Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) is one of the goals that have been identified by a coalition of many of the prostate cancer advocacy and support organizations. The funding for the program has remained stagnant for a number of years despite the fact that [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:55:17-04:00May 20th, 2009|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Advocacy, Politics of Cancer, Uncategorized|4 Comments

Funding for the DOD

I have been talking about the need to increase the funding levels for the Department of Defense (DOD) Peer Review Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) for a long period. This program has proven itself to be the single most valuable government funded prostate cancer research program. The program is designed to fund research projects that [...]