Are you on a hormone blockade (ADT) and taking a baby aspirin to protect your heart? You might be putting your life at risk. A recent small study with lead author Dr. Anthony V. D'Amico, chief of the division of genitourinary radiation oncology at Brigham & Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, found that [...]
One a clear night when I go outside and look up into the sky I can't help but think that all the stars I see are so many light years away. Some of the stars may no longer be in existence even though I can still see them so clearly. To me they still look [...]
I want to share some of the issues that I have with the FDA and the processes it uses for drug and treatment approval. The FDA demands that a drug, to show efficacy, be tested first in animal models that often are not relevant to humans. Then when the drugs are approved for human trials, [...]
There is now new hope for chemo holidays for men with advanced prostate cancer!!!! In a first-of-its-kind study, it has been found that men with advanced prostate cancer can take a much-needed safe break, or holiday, from chemotherapy in a similar manner as with ADT. Tomasz Beer, M.D., just published in the journal Cancer a [...]
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer claims approximately 27,000 of us each year, the vast majority of our deaths are a result of recurrent metastatic disease. Metastatic prostate cancer occurs when tumor cells spread to other locations in the body and start to grow. Currently, when you start Chemotherapy the only way to [...]