The doctors told me that I have recurrent prostate cancer, they stamped on my forehead a little sign that says “EXPIRES ??/??/20??. I have tried and tried to wash that stamp off my face. No matter what I do it still remains, setting me apart from everyone else. I am not ready to expire nor [...]
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 [...]
Sen. John McCain’s (R- Arizona) office has confirmed that the Senator no longer supports his own bill that would significantly tighten the regulatory requirements for dietary supplements. Currently, the manufacturing of supplements is not monitored or controlled by any governmental agency. There is no way to know that the supplement you purchase contains what is [...]
I spent most of today listening to the Congressional Hearing on Prostate Cancer. I spent most of today listening to a travesty for men with advanced prostate cancer. I believe that today's hearing pushed men with advanced prostate cancer ten steps backwards. PSA testing, PSA testing is all we heard. Important, yes, but so are [...]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Congressman Edolphus Towns, will hold a hearing entitled: “Prostate Cancer: New Questions About Screening and Treatment” tomorrow, Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. This is the first Congressional prostate cancer hearing in 11 years and, in the midst of debate on a health reform [...]