A Follow Up On My Legacy Post
"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. " -Anne Sexton
Dendreon Announces Data Presentations and Webcast on their Experimental Immunotherapy Provenge
Press Release: Dendreon Corporation (Nasdaq: DNDN) announced the following data presentations taking place at the American Urological Association's (AUA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, as well as a Dendreon-sponsored IMPACT data webcast conference call: (for those of us who will be unable to attend the session at AUA in Chicago) April 28, 2009, 2:20 p.m. CDT-"A [...]
Writing Your Legacy
As we age, especially for those of us who have advanced and recurrent prostate cancer we need to "put our affairs in order". This includes making sure we have a valid Will, have established any trusts that our spouses, partners, children and grandchildren might need, signed a health care proxy and appointed an individual with [...]
Genetic Variant Associated With Aggressive Prostate Cancer
The American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) is in the midst of its annual scientific research meeting in Denver Colorado. As interesting prostate cancer specific information becomes available I will try and share the news. One of the biggest concerns we face in prostate cancer is in deciding when a cancer needs to be treated. [...]
Contact Your Senators Today – Help Raise Prostate Cancer Research Funding
A letter from Sens. Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) is circulating in the Senate now and will be sent to the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on Friday, April 24. Contact your Senators today and ask them to sign the Johnson-Crapo Appropriations letter to increase research funding for prostate cancer at the Department of Defense. [...]