Weekend And July Hospitalizations Worsen Outcomes for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Survivors

Oh, those weekends, don’t you just love them? They provide us with an opportunity to spend time with our families, drive to the country house or go to the theater. Now, we know they also provide us with an increased opportunity to die in a hospital. Research shows that men with metastatic prostate cancer who [...]

Describing My Experience Being Diagnosed With A Fifth Cancer – A Video To Watch

I attend the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago in May.  As usual, it was exciting and it provides me with a fantastic opportunity to catch up with the current research in advanced prostate cancer.  It also gives me an opportunity to meet with and have private conversations with some of the [...]

On Hormone Therapy – To Statin Or Not, That Is The Question

JAMA Oncology has published a new study that suggests that adding a statin drug at the initiation of hormone therapy (ADT) to the treatment protocol for a man with progressive, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer may significantly impact their actual time to disease progression (TTP). Historically, we know Statin use has been associated with improved prostate cancer [...]

Take the Prostate Cancer Experience

Click Here to Take the Prostate Cancer Experience The Prostate Cancer Experience study at will help us understand the truth of how prostate cancer treatment affects day to day living.  There are many different kinds of treatments, different stages of disease and different sequences of treatment choice making.  The Prostate Cancer Experience encompasses all of [...]

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CDC Funding For Prostate Cancer Saved

The line item for FY 2016 CDC prostate cancer funding of $13,205,000 is restored in both the House and Senate appropriations bills, as authored by their committees.  Thanks to the several thousand of you who responded to Malecare's call to action and wrote emails and letters to the Congressional House and Senate Budget Committee.  Since both [...]

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