Yesterday, The American Cancer Society (ACS) released their annual cancer statistics for the United States. Specific to prostate cancer, they indicated an increase in projected new prostate cancer diagnosis, but a decrease in prostate cancer deaths. In 2011, the ACS projected 240,890 new cases of prostate cancer; in 2012 they are projecting 241,740 new diagnoses. [...]
Rarely discussed, but very much a potential problem for men with advanced prostate cancer are neurological complications resulting from prostate cancer metastasis. Neurological complications of metastatic prostate cancer require quick treatment to minimize impact on a man, so early recognition is important. Family physicians when faced with a man complaining of low back pain or [...]
Dear Friends: We are the only guys who truly understand that advanced prostate cancer sucks. So, I am making this direct and rare appeal to you, as a member of our online group for men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Please donate money to help us help men dealing with life threatening prostate get access [...]
How to best treat men with a prostate cancer PSA only recurrence (biochemical recurrence) still remains controversial. Hormone therapy (ADT) using a combination of a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor and an antiandrogen without conventional gonadal androgen suppression (where testosterone levels are not suppressed) may allow control of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with less morbidity. METHODS: In [...]
From very early on, researchers and doctors have dreamed of using the body’s own immune system to fight cancer. The big question has been why doesn’t the immune system attack the tumor cells that invade healthy tissue? The really good news is that finally science is catching up with this vision. Therapeutic cancer vaccines that [...]
As many of you know I have been hard at work building up the nonprofit! Part of that effort is to connect through our all new national All In! Kick Scooter Club. Click here to visit my brand new blog and to read about the club. I hope to hear from you soon. Plus I'll [...]
This past summer my son Dev and I started the BDC Kick Scooter Crew. He rides the big-wheeled Airwalk Grande Scooter and I opted for the extra sturdy Razor A5 Lux. Our club is awesome, and we want you to join, because we suspect you and your kids are awesome too. You see, our club [...]
At the recent 2011 Prostate Cancer Research Institute Dr. Mark Scholz discussed care issues for men with advanced metastatic prostate cancer. In his presentation he stressed the importance of closely monitoring each man’s individual, on-going response to treatment to determine its effectiveness. He made a case that without close monitoring; treatment decisions would lag behind [...]
The good news is here, the House voted 296-121 Friday to pass a $915-billion spending package to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, likely staving off a threatened midnight government shutdown. Now we have to hear from the Senate to be sure that the Prostate Cancer Research Program in the [...]
I woke up this morning to some potentially good news. Last night the congressional committee finalized their reconciliation report and filed the final FY12 Omnibus Report. I am over joyed to report that the Report included the Peer Reviewed Compressional Directed Medical Research Programs that had become the target of budget cutters. Many of us [...]
