We know it happens. You are told your PSA has risen unexpectedly … but when you get it retested, it hasn’t. Worse still … you are told you have cancer when you don’t! … READ MORE …
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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 …
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A new article by Australian researchers in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has suggested that the more widespread use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) among unscreened patients (controls) in the ERSPC and the Göteborg studies may have substantially affected patient mortality data in these trials. … READ MORE …
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