There are a number of men who have written on various listservs that they use DES (diethylstilbestrol) as a hormonal suppressant. Actually, the current standard of care calls for the use of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, leuprolide and goserelin for a hormone blockade. So, what is the actual role of DES and why isn’t [...]
Will you be prepared to enter hospice care when the time comes? Will your spouse and your children be prepared? Tomorrow, March 18 there is a web cast on how to deal with end-of-life care. The web cast will focus around choosing a hospice program and how to build a hospice care program. They will [...]
Today’s New York Times, in the Sunday opinion section, there was an editorial about the economic problems facing academic research institutions and their young researchers. The problems they are facing is a direct result of the flat budget that The National Institute of Health (NIH) has been given over the last five years. The rate [...]
After I had my initial surgery I had family members express their excitement about my remission (no detectable PSA). Those who actually knew the statistical risk of having a recurrence sometimes said that they wish that I knew I was cured. I immediately replied, NO, I don’t want to know! They would look at me [...]
Prostatecancerpetition.org is Malecare's initiative to gather over one hundred thousand names in support of making a cure for prostate cancer into a national priority. Below is the petition. If you agree, please go to and sign on. Our ten month petition drive launches today, March 14, 2008.....you are the first to know and are offered [...]