A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be overwhelming. WebMD has several articles that will help make your interactions with your physicians easier. The more you know about your cancer treatment, the more confident you'll feel. So when you meet with specialists, go in with specific cancer questions. To give you a start, here are some [...]
Women are often forgotten when a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer but a recent study shows that they are impacted by the diagnosis in a man who they love. As activists we need to develop programs for them and their partners. Their needs also need to become apparent to the medical community with resources [...]
We are reaching a point where active surveillance may be more acceptable for men with early unaggressive prostate cancer. At a recent PHEN conference in Washington, DC a presenter from the NCI said that a significant number of men were choosing active surveillance for prostate cancer. He said that a significant men would eventually drop [...]
We read in the paper so often that "X" will prevent prostate cancer and then he next year we read that "X" does not show a link to prostate cancer. Many of these studies are epidemiological studies. Gary Taubes discusses why this happens in a recent New York Times article A quote from the article [...]
People from all populations should be encouraged to participate in clinical trials. There are issues in certain cultures that need to be addressed, but the fact is this — if ethnic groups don’t participate in research, we may never know how to truly treat, maintain, or cure the variations in cancer that exist. Advocates must [...]