Here is the latest American Cancer Society Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines press release. Please leave comments about these guidelines, by clicking to comment here Update Reaffirms the Importance of Shared Decision-Making ATLANTA –March 3, 2010 – Newly updated prostate cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society reaffirm the recommendation that men should discuss the [...]
To: The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Re: “Prostate Cancer: New Questions About Screening and Treatment” March 4, 2010 We wish to thank the Committee for allowing us to present four important issues, on behalf of the thousands of men, their loved ones and their families, whom Malecare serves. Founded in 1998, Malecare [...]
KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL CONGRESSIONAL VISIT “WHAT TO EXPECT, WHAT TO DO AND NOT DO” 1. Have a message. Know what you want and be prepared to ask. Hill meetings can be quite short so it’s key to get to the point and make your point clear and concisely. 2. Meetings on the Hill can [...]
Gilda's Club and The Wellness Community seem to be merging...look for an announcement on July 15.
Twitter's first Prostate Cancer Survivor Chat will be held on Thursday, July 16 from 4-5:30PM Join the discussion with hashtag #pcachat It will be facilitated by Malecare Prostate Cancer Support. Please follow me @prostatenews or http://www.twitter.com/prostatenews to stay in touch on this new event. The worlds first twitter cancer survivor support group was held, today, [...]
Please take a few minutes to help elevate OUR prostate cancer nonprofit, Malecare. Though Malecare is known as our country's leading gay men's cancer support group nonprofit, we are committed to helping ALL men with prostate cancer. Today, please take a minute to help Malecare achieve the recognition that ALL of our volunteers and participants [...]
Musa Mayer a breast cancer advocate has written an article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that will be of interest to those who work as prostate cancer advocates. The first few paragraphs are reproduced below. In the years since 1989, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the advocacy movement has matured, and many [...]
