Multiple cancer-related stories in this week’s Newsweek …

… and some of them are particularly relevant to prostate cancer. See, for example:

Your lifestyle, your genes, and your cancer
A deadly disparity and
The doctor factor

These stories and other cancer-related stories are all available on line.

Morning with Maestro

We had assembled in the early morning of Father’s Day. We were at the studio of Maestro, well into his Sunday morning gospel show on 99 JAMZ. The reason: to do the most fatherly of interviews, an interview about prostate exams.
Diva Shirley Mordock sat to my left. On Maestro’s cue, she let loose sounds [...]

AUA abstracts, posters available free online

For the first time, the American Urological Association (AUA) has made all the abstracts and many of the posters presented at their annual meeting (held in Orlando last month) available free and on line. This means that you can go look at the details of many of the presentations yourself if you are interested.
You do [...]

Cost of treating prostate cancer falls to below cost of a new Toyota!

According to data published yesterday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, after adjustment for inflation, the average cost for treatment of a newly-diagnosed patient with prostate cancer actually fell by $196 (1.0 percent) between 1991 and 2002, to an average of $18,261 (because fewer men got surgery). By comparison the costs of treating newly diagnosed [...]

Hormonal status of castration-resistant prostate cancer and cancer progression

According to a report in the June 1 issue of Cancer, researchers have uncovered new information about why metastatic prostate cancer may progress following failure of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT).

AUA annual meeting update No. 5

In reviewing the many prostate cancer presentations given at the AUA during last week, we have noted several that are certainly worth bringing to the attention of our readers and that have not previously been reported.

Site update: week 10

The following major new content pages have been added to the main web site over the past week:

High intensity focused ultrasound in treatment of early stage (localized) prostate cancer
Orchiectomy in treatment of metastatic prostate cancer
Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists in treatment of metastatic prostate cancer
Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) antagonists in treatment of metastatic prostate cancer
Nonsteroidal [...]

Formation of a scientific advisory board for The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink

The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink is pleased to announce that Judd W. Moul, MD, FACS, professor and chief, Division of Urologic Surgery, and director of the Duke Prostate Center, Duke University Health System, Durham, NC, has agreed to become the chairman of a scientific advisory board to our web services. In forthcoming weeks we [...]

Breathing space

Between the general exhaustion of the urology community after the AUA and the Memorial Day “long weekend” here in the USA, it’s likely to be pretty quiet on the prostate cancer front for at least a couple of days. Don’t be surprised if there’s little to report before Tuesday, May 27. … And don’t worry, [...]

Does prostate biopsy come with a mortality risk?

The “New” Prostate Can InfoLink does not believe that recently published data necessarily implies that prostate biopsy is associated with increased risk of death at 120 days. However, the data presented in a paper just published does suggest that a careful analysis of this risk may be important.