As Howard Wolinsky has been learning over the past few years, not all prostate cancer support groups are “equal” — in the sense that individual support group leaders may be seriously biased by their own personal experiences (which may have occurred many years ago). … READ MORE …
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Howard Wolinsky is a long-time prostate cancer patient who has been on active surveillance (AS) since his diagnosis in 2010, when one of his doctors described him as a “poster child” for active surveillance. … READ MORE …
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A newly published study from a group of German researchers examined the degree to which participation in patient support group activities increased prostate cancer patients’ health literacy and, specifically, their prostate cancer‐specific and non‐cancer‐specific knowledge about health care. … READ MORE …
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Prostate Cancer International wishes to announce the development and official opening of its online Active Surveillance Virtual Support Group. … READ MORE …
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According to a report on the Renal & Urology News web site this morning, a new paper about to be published on line in European Urology (by He et al.) has shown that the new ISUP staging system can be used to project risk for prostate cancer-specific mortality, “regardless of treatment received or clinical stage at diagnosis”. … READ MORE …
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Since Prostate Cancer International runs an online support group (OSG) for patients, we were obviously very interested to see a newly published article by a German research group on the effects of OSGs on patients’ decision-making processes. … READ MORE …
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Perhaps the most fascinating paper to be presented this year at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium has to do with blood typing and risk for lethal prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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We heard rumors more than a week ago that the American Cancer Society (ACS) was closing down its Man-to-Man support group network, and now we can confirm that (effectively) this is the case. … READ MORE …
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 