Senator Hillary Clinton announced that she wants to increase breast cancer research funding by $300 million if elected president. Her campaign has said that finding a cure would be a top priority in her domestic policy. Catherine Brown, Clinton’s domestic policy director, said the extra funding would go toward researching a cure, discovering the causes [...]
We all want to insure that our families are well cared for when we pass away. The most responsible way of insuring this is to be sure that you have a well-written and legal will. Younger men do die from prostate cancer and they often have minor children who will continue to require economic support [...]
There is a lot of concern in the research community that inflammation plays a significant role in cancer, including prostate cancer. The exact role is not clear, however many researchers and clinicians believe that we need to work to minimize inflammation in order to control cancer. Why is it potentially dangerous? Chronic inflammation (CI) works [...]
On the Prostate Problems Mailing List there has been some recent discussion and a large amount of confusion expressed about the need for and importance of surrogate end points for drug and treatment approval. I attempted to make a very simple clarification and recommendation about surrogates. Here it is, but slightly modified ……. Maybe I [...]
A very interesting study appears in the April issue of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. The study concluded that when a married couple deals with cancer, either partner’s psychological distress might have a significant negative impact on the other. It did nor matter which of the partner had the cancer diagnosis. “Whether it is my [...]