National Prostate Cancer Coalition Arranges for Us to Meet with Our Congressional Representatives

The National Cancer Coalition announces their annual Advocacy Day on the Hill. This program offers us the opportunity to meet, face to face, with our elected officials and let them know that we need more funding to help us with our fight against prostate cancer. Here is an opportunity to let congress know how we [...]

The Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Piece – The FDA’s Deadly Track Record

An opinion piece written by Ronald Trowbridge and Steven Walker appeared today in the WSJ. The piece is centered on the recent decision of the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that reversed its own smaller panel’s 2 to 1 decision to allow dying, terminal patient’s access to investigational drugs that have been found to [...]

Increasing Your Electric Allottment

In many states, especially on the west coast, each home is allotted a limited baseline electric allotment. Once the household’s consumption exceeds this baseline, they are subject to significant economic penalties. Those of us who suffer hot flashes from hormone therapy will be penalized as a result of our medical condition. The use of our [...]

Men’s Health Magazine Is Looking To Interview Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Men's Health magazine is looking for men dealing with advanced diseases to share the lessons they've learned in a frank and honest interview in which you give your advice on a range of topics including life, love, family, money, friendship and health. The interview can be conducted over the phone or e-mail and will take [...]

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Current Staging For Prostate Cancer

Primary Tumor (T) TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumor T1 Clinically unapparent tumor that is not palpable nor visible by imaging T1a Tumor incidental histologic finding in 5% or less of tissue resected by TURP. T1b Tumor incidental histologic finding in more than 5% of tissue resected by TURP. [...]

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