A study performed in the UK, reported in the British Journal Cancer (2010), showed that men who have a deleterious germ-line mutation in the breast cancer 2 (BRCA2) gene and who have prostate cancer do not survive as long as men with prostate cancer who are non-carriers. There have been earlier studies that have shown [...]
The recent teleconference I had with Dr. James Mckiernan about advanced prostate cancer is now available to listen to on-line. Many people have been asking how to hear the conference, now you can. Go to the navigation bar above On the blog) and click on the teleconference tab. To listen to the call click on [...]
President Obama finally declares September as National Prostate Cancer Month A PROCLAMATION Although its mortality rate has steadily fallen in the last decade, prostate cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. This year alone, nearly 218,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than [...]
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the U.S. agency in charge of Medicare, announced yesterday that it has scheduled a meeting to discuss the coverage of Dendreon’s prostate cancer vaccine Provenge. The meeting has been scheduled for this November 17. […]
1) Start building personal medical file by getting every copy of medical procedure done on you, including the biopsy results, blood works, MRI, Bone scan and others. Patient have a right to demand a copy for each procedure and this will serve as your personal reference in the future to keep track of your own [...]