I am asked by men and women why Gleason scores sometime change from the biopsy after surgery. Below is an explanation from Paul Carpenter that put it in easy to understand terms. He said he would be happy if others used his analogy. This is what he said: Hi Sue, Here's an analogy to explain [...]
There was recently a conference call with breast cancer patient advocates and researchers held by the Research Advocacy Network. The Audio recording from the 1/28/2008 Discussion on ODAC vote on Avastin and Clinical Trial Endpoints Available The audio recording from the discussion call held on 1/28/2008 to address questions on the ODAC vote on Avastin [...]
Researchers at Yale University searched the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Medicare database and found that there has been little improvement in treatment levels for Black men with prostate cancer. Statistics were similar for patients with lung, breast, and colon cancers. Advocates are challenged to identify why this is happening and what we can [...]
The New Year is here. This year if everyone makes a resolution to do one advocacy activity each month then the prostate cancer community will be a force to reckon with in 2008. For January you can learn about the proposed Manton Legislation. You can write to your legislators and ask them to join the [...]
One way that prostate cancer advocates can make a major difference in the disease is to get involved with the research process as a research advocate. How do you do that effectively? Nancy Roach, the president and chair of C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition recently wrote an article for CR magazine that will give you tips [...]