DID YOU KNOW THAT…….. Men have a 33% higher rate of being diagnosed with prostate cancer than women have of being diagnosed with breast cancer. African American men have a prostate cancer mortality rate almost 2 1/2 times higher than white males in the USA. Prostate cancer usually has no symptoms in the early stages. [...]
DID YOU KNOW THAT........ Prostate Cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in the USA today, second only to skin cancer In the average American family, the male has a greater risk of developing prostate cancer than the women has of developing breast cancer. This year more men will be diagnoses with prostate cancer than the [...]
Recently I had the privilege to meet a man who was 102 years old. I was interested in and spoke with him about his memories. Here was a man who had seen World War I and II; the Korean Conflict; Vietnam and now Iraq. He saw the growth of the commercial airline and automobile industry; [...]
Today's Medscape had a very interesting and informative interview with Dr. Kevin Kelly. I recommend that you follow the link by clicking the title below and read the interview. Improving Treatment for Advanced Prostate Cancer: An Expert Interview With Dr. Kevin Kelly I would like to thank Frank Kennedy who called my attention to this [...]
Cancer Care is sponsoring a telephone workshop to present to the community an update on the recent ASCO proceedings. There is no charge to listen into the workshop. These workshops are geared to the survivor and their families. To sign up for this Telephone Education Workshop click here. Topic: Cancer Type Cancer Type: Prostate Cancer [...]
Tucked away on page A8 of yesterday’s Newsday, the Long Island New York daily newspaper, was a brief but interesting article about a potential advance in stem cell research which could ultimately have a very significant impact on prostate cancer survivors. According to the article, researchers in Japan, reported that they were able to inject [...]
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer related deaths among men in the U.S. and many Western countries. African-American men have had higher incidence and at least double the mortality rates compared to men of other racial and ethnic groups. Although early diagnosis of prostate cancer has improved significantly in recent years, there [...]
