Once again, the prostate cancer community has been rocked by startling and conflicting news. According to a research study from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine androgen deprivation therapy (hormone blockade- ADT) may encourage prostate cancer cells to produce Nestin, a protein that makes prostate cancer cells more likely to spread through out the body! [...]
Many of us struggle in our attempt to communicate with our doctors. One of the problems is that we just forget to ask all of our questions. We get into the examining room after waiting extended periods of time, the doctor comes whirling into the room with arm loads of records (most of which are [...]
We all need to learn to be able to step back and laugh. This very important coping mechanism can sometimes be hard, but it helps to put the world in prospective. Take a deep breath and say, its just not that important. How you enjoy the world - that is important. The rest of the [...]
Dr. Wassersug, a professor of anatomy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and a prostate cancer survivor often gives lectures about advanced prostate cancer. He opens his lectures by asking a provocative question: "Who in our modern society is castrated? The answer invariably comes back loud and clear: sex offenders. Someone may venture another guess: transsexuals? [...]
DID YOU KNOW THAT…….. Men have a 33% higher rate of being diagnosed with prostate cancer than women have of being diagnosed with breast cancer. African American men have a prostate cancer mortality rate almost 2 1/2 times higher than white males in the USA. Prostate cancer usually has no symptoms in the early stages. [...]