For Americans Social Security Disability benefits can become an important source of financial support as your disease progresses. I am going to be writing a number of posts that will explain the benefits that are available and how to apply for them. First order of business is to understand how the Social Security Administration defines [...]
An online study appeared in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on July 25, 2007. [1] which has reported that a high consumption of broccoli and cauliflower may reduce the incidence of stage III-IV prostate cancer. As is usual with prostate cancer every week brings conflicting information and findings. Two months ago, we were [...]
Yesterday, I traveled to the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where they reviewed the application for approval of Satraplatin (see my prior posts). The committee voted 12-0 recommending that the FDA delay the approval until all of the final survival data from the SPARC trial becomes available. [...]
Current thinking has long been that group therapy contributes positively to the life extension of people with advanced cancer. In a landmark study (1989) by Stanford University psychiatrist David Spiegel, it was reported that group therapy doubled the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer. In contradiction to this finding a recent study, reported in [...]
Patient Advocate Foundation's Co-Pay Relief (CPR) Program provides direct co-payment assistance to men with prostate cancer as well many other serious illnesses. Financial assistance is for pharmaceutical products to insured Americans who financially and medically qualify. They welcome Medicare Part D beneficiaries who require assistance with their pharmaceutical co-payments. The Program offers personal service to [...]