Merel Nissenberg, President, National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions was part of a panel discussing the pros and cons of screening for prostate cancer at the IMPaCT meeting convened by the DoD CDMRP in Atlanta. She has given me permission to share her presentation with you. NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF STATE PROSTATE CANCER COALITIONS PROSTATE [...]
Here we go again. More debate about prostate cancer screening. I wonder of cost of services, not just screening but also treatment is driving this debate? Rather than focus on screening I wish the debate was focused on how to evaluate patients for treatment. We know that some men are still diagnosed with advanced cancer. [...]
A new Institute of Medicine(IOM) reports focus on changing the dynamic of cancer care to include the impacts of coping with a diagnosis and treatment for cancer. As patients are surviving longer than they have in the past these issues become more and more important. By addressing these quality of life issues the patient, the [...]
Research dollars have been an issue that advocates have worked for many years and now researchers are entering the process. From an article in the Baltimore Sun. With their efforts to win more government funding stymied in Washington, medical researchers at the Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere are taking their lobbying campaign on the road [...]
Making a decision about what treatment to get for prostate cancer can be one of the most difficult decisions that some men make. They should learn as much as they can about both the pros and cons of any treatment they are considering. They should talk to friends, family and other patients who have had [...]