Advanced Prostate Cancer

Testimony of James L. Mohler, MD Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations The Al-Megrahi Release: One Year Later

Expert opinion about the “three months to live” prognosis Scottish physicians gave Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi in August 2009. September 29, 2010 “Based on the medical report issued by the Scottish authorities, I believe that three-month prognosis was medically unjustifiable. Any physician with any training or experience in treating prostate cancer would have known that [...]

By Malecare|2020-02-04T11:24:41-05:00October 12th, 2010|Advanced Prostate Cancer, End-Of-Life, Politics of Cancer, Uncategorized, United Kingdom - England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales|0 Comments

Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: Recommendations to improve patient and partner quality of life

Written by our own Richard Wassersug appearing in UroToday.com BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) – Much has happened with the use of androgen deprivation to treat prostate cancer (PCa) patients since Charles Huggins first castrated a patient in order to alleviate the symptoms of advanced PCa. Back then, patients were generally elderly and symptomatic with either urethral [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:53:39-04:00October 9th, 2010|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Drugs & Treatments, General Information, Hormone Therapy, How We Live, Our Caretakers, Uncategorized, Understanding APC|0 Comments

Sodium Clodronate Improves Survival In Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer But Not With Localized Disease

An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet Oncology reports that an oral bisphosphonate, sodium clodronate, improves overall survival in men with advanced prostate cancer. However, it does not reduce the risk of death in men with localized disease. These are the final results of the MRC PR05 and MRC [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:53:39-04:00October 8th, 2010|Advanced Prostate Cancer, bisphosphonates, Bone Mineral Density, Clinical Trials, Clinical Trials, Drugs & Treatments, Our Caretakers, Uncategorized, Understanding APC|2 Comments

We Are All Somebody

I have been asked why I spend time banging my head against the wall to try and call attention to the plight that men with advanced prostate cancer endure. My initial decision to get involved stemmed solely from both my frustration and my extreme anger that there were no support services for men with advanced [...]

By Malecare|2010-10-06T11:28:42-04:00October 6th, 2010|Advanced Prostate Cancer, How We Live, Personal Experiences, Uncategorized|3 Comments

Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer – A Tough Disease To Treat

We are finding that there are many different types of prostate cancer, all of them are actually different diseases. At Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital, New York City, they recently announced that, based on genetic analysis, they have identified 23 different types of prostate cancer. One of these cancer types is neuroendocrine prostate cancer which is [...]

By Malecare|2017-10-19T10:53:39-04:00October 5th, 2010|Advanced Prostate Cancer, Drugs & Treatments, General Information, Research, Uncategorized, Understanding APC|7 Comments