I read a message yesterday posted by a woman who is not in good health herself but is caring for her husband, who is 83 and has end-stage PC. Her devotion reminded me of a beautiful poem, "When You Are Old", by the Irish poet, W.B. Yeats. You might say this poem celebrates "mature love". [...]
A new genetic test for prostate cancer has been developed that measures variations in DNA regions that have been shown to be present in men who develop prostate cancer. The problem for men and their doctors is that it still does not identify which men will develop more aggressive cancers. The test should be available [...]
Researchers at Yale University searched the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Medicare database and found that there has been little improvement in treatment levels for Black men with prostate cancer. Statistics were similar for patients with lung, breast, and colon cancers. Advocates are challenged to identify why this is happening and what we can [...]
The New Year is here. This year if everyone makes a resolution to do one advocacy activity each month then the prostate cancer community will be a force to reckon with in 2008. For January you can learn about the proposed Manton Legislation. You can write to your legislators and ask them to join the [...]
One way that prostate cancer advocates can make a major difference in the disease is to get involved with the research process as a research advocate. How do you do that effectively? Nancy Roach, the president and chair of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition recently wrote an article for CR magazine that will give you tips [...]