Many of us survivors have concluded we are better off having cancer. How can we be better off, we’re going to die. Yes, that is true, but so are you. I know what my fate has in store, so I can appreciate today. You go through the motions, and then without warning You too will [...]
One of the most common “comments” I get from both friends and family is “Oh Joel, you are so strong; I could never do what you do.” I am sure that many of you, my fellow cancer survivors and partners, also have heard the very same comment. I do not know about you, but I [...]
A faulty gene closely associated with breast cancer is also responsible for a particularly dangerous form of prostate cancer, research has confirmed. The British Journal of Cancer reported a study that a University of Toronto research team found prostate cancer patients carrying the BRCA2 gene lived on average for four years after diagnosis as opposed [...]
When I returned from the conference (see yesterday’s post) I kept seeing notices and announcements from a new retrospective study out of John;s Hopkins that showed that men with prostate cancer tumors that recur after prostate cancer surgery are three times more likely to survive their disease long term if they undergo radiotherapy within two [...]
As prostate cancer spreads, it tends to move outward, usually first spreading locally. The most common first stops are in the lymph nodes adjoining the prostate bed or in the location of the most immediate bones, the pelvis, upper thighs and the lower spine. Many men will experience pain, especially pelvic area pain, as the [...]
During radiation and chemotherapy, cancer patients including prostate cancer patients, should avoid the routine use of antioxidant supplements unless approved by their doctor. Supplements may reduce the anticancer benefits of therapy, researchers concluded in a commentary published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Radiation and Taxotere used for advanced prostate cancer therapy [...]
Most of us will experience incontinence to varying degrees no matter what type of primary treatment we elect. If we have surgery, the incontinence will start immediately while those of us whom use radiation therapy will only begin to effected as time goes on. Fortunately, most of us do regain bladder control, some of us [...]
Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital have reported at the 2008, 99th annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in San Diego, April 12-16.1 that Fareston® (toremifene citrate) decreases the risk of new vertebral fractures in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). As we all know from our own [...]
Changing life style is one of the most important recommendations that can be made to all men, especially those diagnosed with prostate cancer. One of the main ingredients to change when modifying your life style is to change your diet. There has been a lot written about optimum prostate cancer diets, one of the best [...]
Posted on the Prostate Problems Mailing list about two months ago was a notice from Dr. Richard Lam about a clinical trial in which his office, Prostate Oncology Specialists, will participate. What I found particularly interesting in this trial is that it was evaluating a potential new drug, abiraterone acetate, which could be used after [...]
