It's interesting to reflect on the recent USPTF PSA upheaval - and to consider how and why we are here from a position of compassion. Personally, I'm interested and involved because my dad died of aggressive prostate cancer. He was screening - back in 1996 when screening was gaining momentum as a tool to find [...]
Initially, when first used by Huggins and Hodges hormone therapy (ADT) was recommended to be used early on in prostate cancer disease progression. Eventually, the Veterans Administration Cooperative Urology Research Group (VACURG) studies reversed this early recommendation. After this study ADT was usually deferred until symptomatic progression. It was believed that ADT caused an alteration [...]
In today's issue of Cancer Discovery a group of international researchers report that an investigational drug had a dramatic response in animal models of neuroendocrine prostate cancer, a lethal form of the disease. The researchers pointed out that fewer than 2% of prostate tumors in men are initially diagnosed as neuroendocrine, but many of the [...]
Several years ago we worked with members of Congress to promote a Congressional Men’s Health Caucus and we were successful. The Caucus has been active through the years on various health issues affecting men and boys. The current leaders are Reps. Runyan and Shuler. Now, we are ready for the next step, the Congressional Men’s [...]
The statistics are shocking; men with prostate cancer are twice as likely to commit suicide! Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden have devised a method to try and cut back on the number of suicides. Their method involves putting intrusive thoughts into words with the goal of reducing the risks. [...]