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 [...]