Normally I don't report on every new finding in the field of prostate cancer research. Somebody once told me, "When the cure arrives, I'll hear about it." Hopefully. And soon. But this looked interesting to me because I have never heard of *gene therapy* being used to treat PC, and that is the latest thing. Also, [...]
I am just coming off a 2-day "PSA-Dread" hangover. What that means is that we went to see DH's radiation oncologist at Sloan-Kettering (MSK) on Tuesday to see whether his salvage radiation (sRT = radiation after failed surgery) had worked. You know that feeling of anguish that builds up as "D-Day" draws near. Your mind twists itself into [...]
This post was inspired by current events -- namely, Super Tuesday. When I came home today there were two recorded messages on my machine from a man who said he had been a prisoner of war alongside John McCain. Of course, he said very complimentary things. Usually, I don't want to listen to that stuff, but [...]
Stephen Jay Gould, the well-known scientist who suffered from a rare form of cancer wrote this: I asked Sir Peter Medawar, my personal scientific guru and a Nobelist in immunology, what the best prescription for success against cancer might be. 'A sanguine personality,' he replied. Will save ya a trip to the dictionary. This is [...]