According to the American Cancer Society 28,000 men will die in 2008 from prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer incidence rates are comparable to Breast Cancer rates. Yet, federal funding is significantly higher for Breast Cancer research than for Prostate Cancer. In 2008, there will be virtually the same number of new cases of Prostate Cancer (186,320) [...]
We are constantly being bombarded with information about nutrition and supplements. Sometimes an item will foster prostate cancer and sometimes we hear that the very same item will help prevent prostate cancer. Then there are those items that will initially prevent pc, but also encourage metastatic spread of an existing tumor. It is confusing and [...]
Sign up for this Telephone Education Workshop. Topic: Medical Concerns Cancer Type: All Cancers Date: April 22, 2008 Time: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET Presented By: Richard N. Boyajian RN, MS, Cancer Survivor, Nurse Practitioner, Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult Survivorship Clinic, Perini Family Survivors' Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Thomas J. Smith MD, FACP, Professor [...]
I want to apologize because I have not posted anything in the last few days. I thank the few people who sent an e-mail expressing concern. On Friday evening I flew to San Diego with my wife to participate in the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) Scientist-Survivor program. It is a really fantastic program [...]
If you don't have breast cancer you are being ignored, no actually moderate out of existence by the Hillary for President Campaign. On April 8th, I wrote about Hillary's fantastic plans for funding increases for breast cancer. In my post I pointed out that all other American cancer survivors (there are millions of us) seem [...]