What Causes Bone Fractures in Prostate Cancer?

We all know that one of the common problems many of us will confront when fighting prostate cancer is experiencing bone fractures. Somtimes these fractures happen for little or no obvious cause. Why are bone fractures, especially spontaneous fractures (without any evident reason) so common in prostate cancer? […]

Excessive Alcohol Consumption May Lead to Increased Cancer Risk

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 [...]

Learning from the Regrets of the Dying

Bronnie writes a blog, Inspiration and Chai, Warmth for the soul and body.  A recent post on her blog deals with what she has learned about some of the regrets of the dying.  I have received permission from her to re-post this on the advanced prostate cancer blog. We all know that having advanced prostate [...]

Radiation Plus Hormone Therapy Increases Survival

  Prostate cancer patients who are treated with a combination of hormone therapy and radiation have a substantially improved chance of survival compared to patients who do not receive radiation, according to interim results of the largest randomized study of its kind presented at the plenary session, November 1, 2010, at the 52nd Annual Meeting [...]

Surgical Management with Hormone Therapy of Lymph-Node-Positive Prostate Cancer Improves Local Control

Diagnosed with lymph-node positive prostate cancer, what are the best treatment options?  Should you add surgery to hormone therapy? These are important questions which have not yet been adequately answered. To help to begin to answer this question, researchers at Department of Urologic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL. and [...]

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