One has to be a very sophisticated statistician to understand how the American Cancer Society (ACS) comes up with its annual estimates for the numbers of people who will get diagnosed with and die of each specific form of cancer in any particular year. (And your sitemaster freely admits that he is not a sophisticated statistician.) … READ MORE …
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There is a perception among a lot of patients — especially when they get diagnosed — that having a high Gleason score of 8, 9, or 10 is essentially a “death sentence”, regardless of how they get treated. … READ MORE …
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The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink wants to be clear for our readers that we are significantly less enthusiastic than others about some of the information being offered to patients, clinicians, and payers through the web site of an organization known as the Prostate Cancer Treatment Research Foundation (PCTRF). … READ MORE …
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THE "NEW" PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK 