Predicting the Long-Term Survival of Men with A Biochemical Recurrence Post-Surgery Who Are Hormone Naive Can Change How We Treat Them

Appearing in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging a recent study provides data on the long-term survival of men with a biochemical recurrence after failed surgery. In the study by Giovacchini et al. it was shown that a PET/CT scan (specifically a [11C] choline PET/CT) could predict the long-term survival of men [...]

Make Sure You Receive the Correct IV Treatment, Injection and Dosage

It is vital that you take an active role in making sure that you are going to receive the correct IV treatment and injections. Mistakes do happen, protect yourself. Make sure that you personally double check to confirm you're receiving the correct treatment. Don't sit back and rely on another person, errors do occur and [...]

Understanding Some Of The Disparity Issues Surrounding Prostate Cancer

According to Malecare, Prostate Cancer kills Black men as a rate that is 2.4 times that for White men. According to the Men’s Health Foundation Ghana “1 in 5 Ghanaian men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime.”(1) The Prostate Cancer UK also said “1 in 4 black men will get prostate cancer in their [...]

Funding Time for the DOD Prostate Cancer Research Program – Help Us To Protect It

Malecare has been an active and early member of the Defense Health Research Consortium. The consortium currently consists of 47 different organizations, which educate and advocate for research Department of Defense funding for multiple different diseases and syndromes. The consortium’s goal is to lobby Congress to continue to and to expand support for the Department [...]

Statins Are Not Necessarily The Best Alternative To Control Cholesterol & Prostate Cancer Progression

On April 8th I post on this blog an article called The Cholesterol In Your Diet Might Be Causing Your Prostate Cancer To Spread (http://advancedprostatecancer.net/?p=5156). Since I published this I have received some feedback, which has included people asking if they should take statins to control their cholesterol levels. Statin drugs do help control cholesterol [...]

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