Many doctors believe that increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with adverse outcomes in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) treated with docetaxel. C-reactive protein is a protein found in the blood, the levels of which rise in response to inflammation in any part of the body. Traditionally measuring levels of c-reactive protein [...]
The authors of a recent study from the Duke Prostate Center and Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. and the Department of Urology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan reviewed the current salvage methods for treating recurrent local recurrent prostate cancer after primary radiotherapy (RT). They used a [...]
We all do know that being a cancer survivor means that you are at an increased risk to suffer serious psychological distress such as anxiety and depression The surprise is that this increased susceptibility can extend even a decade after the treatment ends. Survivors who are diagnosed in their younger years, unmarried, had less than [...]
Many of us go off to the grocery store and willing spend much more money for organically grown food thinking that the nutritional value of this food will be better. A recent review of the literature calls this assumption into question. The study published July 29 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says there [...]
Malecare presents to you a chance to make $125 for yourselves and $100 for Malecare. We usually do not participate in these market research headhunts, but, this one seems ok, brief in time and, it actually will help Malecare. We are currently trying to raise money to improve our website, malecare.com . Schlesinger Associates, a [...]
Scott Goodwin has been a guest writer on this blog. He has been sharing his experiences and feelings as he continues his journey on chemotherapy. Scott is not doing as well as we all had hoped. His final paragraph says "When does the time come when a man will stop all treatments and try to [...]
There was an interesting study done at the Department of Primary Care, Höglandssjukhuset, Nässjö, Sweden and the Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/SU Sahlgrenska, Gothenburg, Sweden. The study attempted to understand how men who are newly diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer are affected by fatigue before the side effects of any treatment has an impact [...]
The following letter has been sent to the ranking members of the U.S. Senate who have been responsible for spearheading the health care reforms. Not only do I wish to share with you the actual letter, but I want you to take note of the wide level of support that these concerns have created within [...]
My post of July 9, 2009, "Will Provenge or Any Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer Survive Health Reform?" has caused my mailbox to become full of a number of emails both damming my concern about health care reform and supporting the concern. The negative responses have ranged from calling me selfish to being a tool [...]
Healthy, Older Men Live Longer With Aggressive Prostate Cancer Treatment so we should provide treatment. The US Preventive Task Force (USPTF) report which has caused huge amounts of debate in the prostate cancer community, especially surrounding the continuation of PSA testing and providing treatment for prostate cancer in older men has taken a good and [...]
