Yes, give yourself a break. Sometimes we can get so wrapped up in our cancer we spend to much time reading about it, talking about it and living it. Don't forget to give yourself some time off, give yourself a break. It will be there when you come back. Joel T. Nowak, MA, MSW
Despite the fact that we have already had a radical prostatectomy, at some point in time one third of us will receive that dreaded telephone call from our doctor.... our PSA has reappeared! Once again, we start the process of climbing into the tube for an MRI, we have a bone scan and of course [...]
PSA-DT, also known as PSA Doubling Time or PSA Velocity is the time it takes for a PSA value to double (i.e. 2 to 4, 4 to 8, 8 to 16). In the situation when a PSA reappears after a radical prostatectomy the PSA-DT serves as a predictor of future metastatic disease. Okotie et al [...]
PSA Rising has just posted transcripts of the patient advocates testimony which was delivered to the FDA's Advisory Committee at the recent Provenge hearing. I have written extensively about the hearing and the role of patient advocates at this hearing in an earlier post. For anyone interested, six of the patient advocates testimony, including my [...]
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has recently updated its clinical practice guidelines for the management of initial hormone therapy with men with advanced P.C. The guide line panel found that there is a 17% reduction in the mortality rate from prostate cancer if hormone therapy is started early in the disease process, however, the [...]