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There is an interesting article in the August 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology on why physicians and other health-care professionals don’t like to talk to their patients about “the bad news” when it comes to prognosis. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: education, honesty, hope, information, mortality, prognosis | 6 Comments »
According to a media release on the web site of Senator Barbara Boxer (D, CA), the senator, in conjunction with Representative Elijah Cummings, has introduced legislation in the U.S. Congress to be known as the “Prostate Cancer Detection Research and Education Act.” … READ MORE …
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For those who prefer to listen to their prostate cancer updates (as opposed to those that are happy to read) the video-based web site known as ProstateVideos.com has just completed a major overhaul. … READ MORE …
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We recommend to our readers a recent article in Medscape Oncology entitled “What’s impeding active surveillance in prostate cancer?” The article is based on a review by Cooperberg et al. in a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. However, the full text of that review article is not easily accessible for most patients and advocates. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: acceptance, active surveillance, education | 9 Comments »
A new analysis of data from a large, consecutive series of Swedish patients suggests a very strong correlation between age at time of radical prostatectomy and risk for significant, long-term urinary leakage. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: age, education, incontinence, radical prostatectomy, risk | Leave a Comment »
Many prostate cancer patients will recognize statements made by other patients and reported in a study just published in Cancer Nursing and also available on the Medscape Oncology platform. Interestingly this study comes from a group of Norwegian nurses who built an online e-mail support system for their prostate cancer breast cancer patients. … READ MORE …
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A group of French researchers have tested use of a diet and exercise tool-kit for men about to start androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). We have not seen the tool-kit, and obviously it is in French … however, it seems to have met with considerable approval from patients and their doctors. … READ MORE …
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According to a media release issued on Thursday this week, the National Business Group on Health has been working with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) to develop and now launch a major, 3-year-long initiative to help employers address issues of cancer in the workplace. … READ MORE …
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There is an interesting article in the November issue of the European Journal of Cancer that addresses the quality of consumer information available through the Internet about the value of PSA-based testing for prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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Following the recent decision in the UK not to implement a broad, national, PSA-based, prostate cancer screening initiative (on which we have previously commented), many readers will be interested in the reactions and thoughts of John Neate, the executive director of the UK’s Prostate Cancer Charity, which appear in today’s issue of The Guardian newspaper. … READ MORE …
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It is common for patients to suggest that primary care physicians should be more knowledgeable about the appropriate use of PSA testing and about how to interpret the results of such tests. However, changing physician behavior is not an easy or a quick process, as the following article will demonstrate. … READ MORE …
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In early 1990, Dr. Gerry Chodak — a well-known Chicago-based urologist and then professor of urology at The University of Chicago — wrote a letter to his prostate cancer patients. He said that some of them were interested in starting a prostate cancer support group. From such small beginnings … … READ MORE …
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A fascinating paper has just been published in BJU International suggesting that, “Higher education, income and functional capacity were associated with” poorer knowledge about their cancer, poorer understanding about treatment choices, and poorer judgement about survival with and without treatment among a group of 184 patients recently diagnosed with localized prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: education, income, judgment, knowledge, Treatment, understanding | 9 Comments »
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