As a follow up to yesterday's news about the positive results announced about Provenge, I have received a number of private emails asking questions about the treatment. I hope that the following will answer many of the questions people might still have about Provenge. • The other name for Provenge is sipuleucel-T. • Provenge is [...]
Vickie wrote both a very moving and very important email to the "circle" mailing list. After reading this post I contacted her to asked permission to repost it on this blog. I am very thankful to her for giving me permission to re-publish it and I am hopeful that she will continue to share her [...]
The doctor has just scribbled a new prescription and now the pharmacist must translate it when they fill the order. What does all those chicken scrawls mean? Here is an example of what a prescription could look like- “drug name 250 mg Ac bid x 10 days?” To start, the first part of a prescription [...]
That is the big question I am dealing with this week. I have been so pleased with my recent success with lowering my PSA, but the last test has reversed the trend. My PSA has shown a drastic rise. It went from just under .60 to almost 2.0 within a two week period! As we [...]
Most studies on prostate cancer prevention focus on the initial prevention of the cancer. Rarely do we see studies on preventing advanced prostate cancer. Now a study has shown that consuming omega-3 fatty acids appear to protect against developing advanced prostate cancer. In other words, eating a serving of fish each week could dramatically reduce [...]
The following statement about the recent controversy regarding PSA testing was issued this morning by the thirteen organizations , including Malecare, listed at the bottom of the statement: A JOINT STATEMENT FROM AMERICA'S PROSTATE CANCER ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS Since 1993, when the PLCO trial was started, we have awaited the results of this [...]
Over the last few days the media has been full of debate about the most recent, contradictory studies that have been released about the efficacy of the PSA as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer. Normally, I would not write about this issue in this blog since those of us with recurrences and advanced prostate [...]
The FDA has issued an emergency warning that certain adhesive patches (transdermal patches) that deliver medication through the skin have been found to be a risk to patients safety while they undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). If these problem patches are affixed to the skin while actually undergoing the scan they can cause skin [...]
A report published in the April 1 issue of Cancer stated that Dr. Stacy Gray, as lead investigator from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, has released some findings about the role internet research plays on the quality of care received by cancer survivors. Her main conclusion was that cancer survivors who research their disease [...]
How can you obtain financial assistance getting your prescription drugs? One possible solution is the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. from their web site: "The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America's pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines [...]
