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Earlier this year, in late May and early June, Prostate Cancer International (PCaI) conducted what we have described as a very primitive pilot survey on prostate cancer patients’ perceptions of “value” in the management of this disease. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Diagnosis, Management, patient, results, survey, Treatment, value | 5 Comments »
An article with the above title appears to be scheduled for upcoming publication in Scientific American but is already available on line on the Scientific American web site. It may be of interest to a number of our readers. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Risk | Tagged: genetics, Management, mutation, risk | 4 Comments »
A newly published paper in the journal PLoS Medicine has set out a new set of definitions of five “risk strata” into which we can subdivide men diagnosed with prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Management, Risk | Tagged: decision-making, Diagnosis, Management, prognosis, risk, strata | 1 Comment »
In an OpEd in today’s New York Times, there is a passionate plea for greater focus on the risks and dangers that prostate cancer presents to African-American men. … READ MORE …
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Many years ago, among his other famous quotations on the subject of prostate cancer, Willet Whitmore, considered by many to be the “father” of urologic oncology, stated the following: … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: Management, outcome, Treatment, value | 2 Comments »
One of the problems with a lot of research is that it is out of date by the time it is published. The following example may be a classic case in point. And it has serious implications. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: active surveillance, Diagnosis, expectant, initial, Management, risk, watchful waiting | 6 Comments »
Data from a recent paper in European Urology has further confirmed the value of active surveillance as a first-line management option for men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer. It has also confirm recent guidance for when men on active surveillance actually need to be advised that treatment is probably wise. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: active surveillance, first line, low risk, Management, PRIAS | 2 Comments »
