Malecare is pleased to announce several new enhancements to our Advanced Prostate Cancer Program as well as the release of our new Advanced Prostate Cancer Kit which includes our newest publication: RECURRENT PROSTATE CANCER A Working Document for Men with Recurrent Prostate Cancer For many years, Malecare has been the leader in the fight against [...]
There has been a lot of controversy over the association between obesity and the eventual biochemical failure of men treated for prostate cancer. Research performed at the Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio attempted to determined whether there is an association between body mass index and biochemical failure [...]
The question: Can heavy alcohol consumption accelerate telomere shortening & does telomere shortening cause premature aging and an increased cancer risk? Many of us like to drink alcoholic beverages. I confess, I too enjoy red wind have been known to enjoy a single malt scotch on occasion. However, we always need to remember that excessive [...]
I apologize for the lack of posts but I just returned from Virginia where I served as an ad hoc reviewer for U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) aka the Congressionally Directed medical Research Program. We spent two very intensive days reviewing prostate cancer research grant applications from [...]
The prognosis of patients with advanced prostate cancer who have lymph node metastasis depends on the number of positive lymph nodes removed and Gleason score of the primary tumor. Bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection should be performed in intermediate- and high-risk patients to identify those with minimal nodal burden who may benefit the most from [...]