Pondering
"and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid. So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive" Audre Lorde Joel T Nowak MA, MSW
Intermittent Hormone Blockade is Safe & Effective
There is great news for those of us who are on a hormone blockade. The latest reported from the 2007 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology says that Intermittent Androgen Suppression (IAS) is just as effective as continuous therapy. The study cited was a randomized multi-center trial with men diagnosed with advanced prostate [...]
BRCA2 Gene Mutation tied to Prostae Cancer Progression and Aggressivness
A recent study in Iceland compared survival and disease progression in prostate cancer patients with the Icelandic BRCA2 999del5 founder mutation and those without the mutation. The study evaluated a pool of men with prostate cancer who were related to women who had breast cancer. They found that the gene mutation, BRCA2 999del5 founder mutation, [...]
The Crisis In Men’s Health Care
It shouldn't be a surprise to any of us, but there is a massive health care disparity between genders in the U.S., a new study by the National Prostate Cancer Coalition concluded this week. The report, The Prostate Cancer Gap: A Crisis in Men's Health, looks at the many disparities in awareness, funding, media coverage [...]
Long Distant Expert Doctors
When diagnosed with Advanced Prostate Cancer one common piece of advice we all receive is to get the best possible doctor to help us with our treatment. Treatment is complex and a physician on the "cutting edge" of research will better help you to obtain your health goals. Some of us are fortunate enough to [...]