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The 2012 ACS Cancer Facts & Figures

Yesterday, The American Cancer Society (ACS) released their annual cancer statistics for the United States. Specific to prostate cancer, they indicated an increase in projected new prostate cancer diagnosis, but a decrease in prostate cancer deaths. In 2011, the ACS projected 240,890 new cases of prostate cancer; in 2012 they are projecting 241,740 new diagnoses. [...]

By |2021-02-17T11:03:31-05:00January 5th, 2012|Advanced Prostate Cancer, How We Live, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Ron Gerhard Speaks About the American Cancer Society & PSA Testing

There has been a lot of criticism about the recent guidelines on PSA testing that has been issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS). Many of us with advanced prostate cancer are appalled with these guidelines and feel it is just another example of the ACS abandoning men with cancer over the powerful breast cancer [...]

By |2020-02-04T08:50:19-05:00March 9th, 2010|Advanced Prostate Cancer, General Information, How We Live, Politics of Cancer, Prostate Ponderings, Uncategorized|7 Comments
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