Without getting into any details about side-effects, from what I understand, a lot of prostate cancer patients experience them, and many exit treatment feeling unprepared for the physical and psychological burden associated with them. What’s worse, some “don’t want to talk about them” even to the extent of living with side-effects for years without being [...]
I'm going to go ahead and answer that with a big YES! But with the caveat that the breadth and scope of our awareness has to expand if we have any hope of ever comprehensively addressing the issues that surround this awful disease. Knowing it's there does scarcely little good with no clear path for [...]
Malecare Celebrates 10 years of online prostate cancer support for gay men. Russ Windle on today's 10 year celebration: Congratulations to all the men past and present who have made this group a viable resource for gay men dealing with the effects of prostate cancer in their lives. You have made this group what it [...]
Malecare http://malecare.org/ announces it's new, comprehensive and up-to-date clinical trials database and information pages. Click on the "Clinical Trials Center" button on the left side of our home page. Information on: Listing of Current Clinical Trials Listing of Studies at the National Institutes of Health FDA Drug Approvals ...Oncology Research Centers and New Medical Therapies [...]
The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia is conducting an international survey of men’s experiences of sexual activity following treatment for prostate cancer. The aims of this survey include the following: * To learn more about how men adapt their sexual activities to prostate cancer treatments * [...]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have posted the questions they wish answered before determining if Provenge will be a reimbursable treatment for prostate cancer. Provenge questions
Malecare Advanced Prostate Cancer Teleconference A conversation about treating advanced stage prostate cancer, with James M. McKiernan, M.D. and Joel Nowak, M.A., M.S.W. Dr. McKiernan is Vice Chairman of the Department and Director of Urologic Oncology at New York - Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He treats many patients with high risk cancer diagnoses. Dr. [...]
The March 18, 2010 issue of *New England Journal of Medicine* (Volume 362, #11, March 18) includes a study: "Clinical Trials That Explicitly Exclude Gay and Lesbian Patients." The authors are Brian L. Egleston, Ph.D., Roland L. Dunbrack, Jr., Ph.D., & Michael J. Hall, M.D. Here's how the report starts: "We recently encountered proposed studies [...]
Here is the latest American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines press release. Please leave comments about these guidelines, by clicking to comment here Update Reaffirms the Importance of Shared Decision-Making ATLANTA –March 3, 2010 – Newly updated prostate cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society reaffirm the recommendation that men should discuss the [...]
To: The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Re: “Prostate Cancer: New Questions About Screening and Treatment” March 4, 2010 We wish to thank the Committee for allowing us to present four important issues, on behalf of the thousands of men, their loved ones and their families, whom Malecare serves. Founded in 1998, Malecare [...]
