Another news story today that impacts the prostate cancer community is, Rudy Guiliani's quote in an ad about survival for prostate cancer. I just got a note from a friend in the UK. They are very disturbed by his statement. In a New York Times article today they say, Britain's health secretary complained on Thursday [...]
The news just said Americans will spend $5B for Halloween this year. If we can afford this much money on this holiday we can, as a society, afford to spend more on prostate cancer. You can make a difference by writing now to urge your legislators to take action. We need more research funding and [...]
We are all trying to learn as much about prostate cancer as we can. The FDA Revitalization Act will make a difference once it is implemented. Patients deserve to know both positive and negative outcomes from trials. Patients need to speak out and make sure that this happens and that trials are registered and all [...]
Merel Nissenberg, President, National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions was part of a panel discussing the pros and cons of screening for prostate cancer at the IMPaCT meeting convened by the DoD CDMRP in Atlanta. She has given me permission to share her presentation with you. NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF STATE PROSTATE CANCER COALITIONS PROSTATE [...]
Here we go again. More debate about prostate cancer screening. I wonder of cost of services, not just screening but also treatment is driving this debate? Rather than focus on screening I wish the debate was focused on how to evaluate patients for treatment. We know that some men are still diagnosed with advanced cancer. [...]