Many of us think that chemotherapy for prostate cancer only involves the use of Taxotere. Just for the sake of accuracy, I want to clarify that almost every drug we take to treat prostate cancer is chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs are the drugs that are designed to kill cells. All of the drugs used as a [...]
According to an article on CT scans and cancer published in the Nov. 29th New York Times, millions of Americans are needlessly getting dangerous radiation from these “super X-rays,” The article expresses concern that the scans raise the risk of future cancer development so that within a few decades, as many as 2 percent of [...]
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 [...]