A researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Nursing is conducting a study to better understand supportive care needs and quality of life among individuals with ADVANCED forms of prostate cancer and is seeking just a few more participants to complete this survey. Can you help (if you haven’t already)? … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: advanced, care, life, needs, quality, supportive, survey | 2 Comments »
Do you live in the USA and believe that your prostate cancer care may have been seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment »
An upcoming article in the September issue of the journal Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology addresses issues related to the maintenance of sexual function for men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). … READ MORE
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: activity, ADT, androgen, deprivation, function, sex | 5 Comments »
In a report on the UroToday web site, John Fortin, a prostate cancer patient who chose to have focal therapy himself a while ago, has reported on information presented at the 12th International Symposium on Focal Therapy and Imaging in Prostate and Kidney Cancer, which was held in Washington, DC, in February this year. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: focal, localized, risk, therapy | 1 Comment »
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has put together a brief research survey to learn more about patients’ experiences with cancer care. Specifically, ASCO is interested in patient’s perspectives on how things like diet, exercise, and weight management are incorporated into cancer care. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: ASCO, diet, exercise, Management, survey, weight | Leave a comment »
Members of the Coalition for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Research (CIBR) are interested in patient perspectives and experiences in relation to imaging in the diagnosis, work-up, and management of men with or suspected of having prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: imaging, survey | 1 Comment »
So the annual ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium will start this morning in San Francisco. For those who are interested, the abstracts of all the presentations to be give (oral and posters) are already freely available on line. There are “only” about 770 of them in total (but they aren’t all about prostate cancer). Click here to get all the details!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment »
On Saturday, April 18, 2020, Prostate Cancer International (PCaI) will collaborate with the local chapter of the Cancer Support Community to hold a patient and family educational conference on prostate cancer near Cincinnati, OH. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Cincinnati, conference, patient | Leave a comment »
Over the past month there have been no new postings to this web site. Your sitemaster apologizes for this hiatus.
The reasons are complex and include the sitemaster’s personal health status (nothing really serious but distinctly debilitating) and other business and personal pressures.
The current goal is to start to get things back on track as on Monday, November 18, so please be patient with us for just a couple more days.
Filed under: Uncategorized | 12 Comments »
It is with great regret that we must report the demise — last Saturday — of Dr. Gerald (“Gerry”) Chodak — formerly a professor of urology at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Chodak, death, Gerald | 7 Comments »
Our friends at UroToday are now making available the individual presenters’ slides and other materials from the 3rd Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) that ended in Basel, Switzerland, last Saturday, as well as detailed interviews on specific topics that were recorded at the meeting. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: advanced, APCCC, consensus | Leave a comment »
There are a number of significant upcoming conferences and patient education events that readers may want to be aware of happening from now through to the end of the year (inclusive of the next patient meeting coordinated by Prostate Cancer International): … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: conferences, meetings, upcoming | 1 Comment »
As our friend Howard Wolinsky continues his journalistic exploits into the world of prostate cancer, he has (almost inevitably) come across an issue of “conflicts of interest”, … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: 4Kscore, conflict, interest, phi, test | 1 Comment »
The roles of patients, patient advocates, and other members of the public in decision-making about the research that is funded by NIH and other agencies here in America is sadly somewhat limited, … READ MORE …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: NIH, opinion, patient, research | Leave a comment »
THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 