Active surveillance and related research: a new research initiative

As some of our readers will already be aware, Prostate Cancer International has been working in concert with Dr. M. Mihaj Siddiqui at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the PATIENTS program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy to put together a grant request for funding for a program to identify evidence gaps to guide future research on the use of active surveillance to monitor low-risk prostate cancers. … READ MORE …

Large employers to launch multi-year “cancer in the workplace” initiative

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 …

US Department of Defense prostate cancer research program

Apparently the US House of Representatives approved the Department of Defense (DoD) appropriations bill last night before “vanishing” for their winter vacation, including (for the seventh consecutive year) $80 million for the DoD Congressionally Directed Prostate Cancer Research Program for FY2010. … READ MORE …