Twitter's first Prostate Cancer Survivor Chat will be held on Thursday, July 16 from 4-5:30PM Join the discussion with hashtag #pcachat It will be facilitated by Malecare Prostate Cancer Support. Please follow me @prostatenews or http://www.twitter.com/prostatenews to stay in touch on this new event. The worlds first twitter cancer survivor support group was held, today, [...]
Over 15,000 people signed our community’s petition to Make Prostate Cancer a National Priority at . We were ready to deliver the petition to the new Secretary of HHS when Mr. Daschle withdrew from consideration. Now, we await the next Secretary and our new appointment to meet him/her. Until then, we continue to collect signatures. [...]
Self-advocacy can be a positive experience and often gives a person a sense of control in a time of uncertainty. Advocacy doesn't have to be time-consuming or difficult—it can be as simple as asking more questions at a doctor's appointment. Furthermore, being a self-advocate doesn't mean that you are responsible for your cancer care alone. [...]
Distress,anxiety and depression can be a normal part of the cancer experience. How do you know if the problem is serious and needs treatment? NCCN and ACS have developed a tool that will help patients identify when they need to get support from outside sources. * Introduction * What Is Distress? * How Do You [...]
How do scientists discover new genetic "biomarkers" to diagnose and treat disease early? The research community cites access to high quality biospecimens as the single most critical need for conducting today's generation of molecular or genomic experiments. Yet the field of biospecimens has lagged behind virtually every other area of medical research. Biobanks are storage [...]
Faced with a cancer diagnosis, effective communication between doctors and patients is crucial. Yet, often, a doctor's style or time constraints don't meet the patient's needs. Other times, patients are too overwhelmed with the confusion of a diagnosis to absorb all the information they need. In the current podcast, CR correspondent Kevin Begos talks to [...]
Faced with a cancer diagnosis, effective communication between doctors and patients is crucial. Yet, often, a doctor's style or time constraints don't meet the patient's needs. Other times, patients are too overwhelmed with the confusion of a diagnosis to absorb all the information they need. In the current podcast, CR correspondent Kevin Begos talks to [...]
THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER PREMIERES ON PBS APRIL 16, 2008 Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker Linda Garmon Takes on the Question "How Far Have We Come in the War on Cancer?" News Journalist and Cancer Survivor Linda Ellerbee Hosts Post-Broadcast Panel Discussion What is the truth about cancer? Is it the same deadly killer it was 30 [...]
Course Objectives: Our goals in this course are to provide consumer advocates with the tools they need to: Successfully navigate the world of medical information, Critically appraise research studies, Influence the creation of responsible public policy in healthcare, and Help the people they serve to make healthcare choices based on the best available evidence. Course [...]
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS) 2008 statistics there will be an estimated 186,320 men diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. They estimate that 28,660 men will die from prostate cancer. According to the report: With an estimated 28,660 deaths in 2008, prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in men. Although [...]
