Merel Nissenberg, President, National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions was part of a panel discussing the pros and cons of screening for prostate cancer at the IMPaCT meeting convened by the DoD CDMRP in Atlanta. She has given me permission to share her presentation with you. NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF STATE PROSTATE CANCER COALITIONS PROSTATE [...]
A new Institute of Medicine(IOM) reports focus on changing the dynamic of cancer care to include the impacts of coping with a diagnosis and treatment for cancer. As patients are surviving longer than they have in the past these issues become more and more important. By addressing these quality of life issues the patient, the [...]
Making a decision about what treatment to get for prostate cancer can be one of the most difficult decisions that some men make. They should learn as much as they can about both the pros and cons of any treatment they are considering. They should talk to friends, family and other patients who have had [...]
Men considering a prostatectomy for treatment of prostate cancer my appreciate the slides that show how the procedure works. Click here to see the slides.
Statistics show that deaths from cancers are dropping. Death rates from cancer have been dropping by an average of 2.1 percent a year recently in the United States, a near doubling of decreases that began in 1993, researchers are reporting...... Much of the progress comes not from miracle cures, but from more mundane improvements in [...]