Did you hear the news? These alarming 2010 projections for prostate cancer deaths were just released. Isn't it nice that they were released just prior to Father’s Day, so have a happy Father’s Day. These projections call for a massive 17 % increase in prostate cancer caused deaths as well as a more than 13 [...]
I received a telephone call recently from a man who was angry and upset. All he could say was, but I’m not dying, I’m not dying! I was finally able to calm him down enough to be able to get him to tell me his story. It seems that his doctor told him that it [...]
According to a study last year at Fox Chase Cancer Center, men whose prostate specific antigen (PSA) rise within 18 months of having primary radiotherapy are more likely to develop advanced prostate cancer and die of their disease. […]
Don Greggs, a long time prostate cancer survivor, recently asked his niece if people with cancer are able to donate organs at the time of their death. His niece who has worked in the organ recovery field gave him an answer that surprised me. She said that having cancer does not eliminate the possibility of [...]
The old adage, prostate cancer is the cancer that you die with not the cancer you die from has been around for a long time. No question compared too many other cancers prostate cancer does progress more slowly than many other cancers. But, is this adage true? Men with prostate cancer have competing mortality risks [...]