I am an advocate by surprise. I believe I join a group of thousands, maybe millions who would say the same. …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: advocacy, advocate, help, listen, support | 2 Comments »
Help with finding out about clinical trials for prostate cancer treatment
Posted on May 25, 2017 by Sitemaster
Apparently the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has just re-funded the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to the tune of $24 million to continue to operate what we see as an important, patient-centric program here in the USA that we (and therefore probably many others) were utterly unaware of. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: clinical, help, information, support, trials | 2 Comments »
Impact of OSGs on patient decision-making and treatment for localized prostate cancer
Posted on November 8, 2016 by Sitemaster
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 …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: decision-making, group, online, selection, support, Treatment | Leave a comment »
Living with very advanced forms of prostate cancer
Posted on August 4, 2016 by Sitemaster
A new article in the journal Supportive Care in Cancer makes the point that informational needs and resources for men dealing with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer continue to be relatively poor — a fact that we would not disagree with. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: care, CRPC, mCRPC, needs, resources, support | 9 Comments »
What does “value” mean for prostate cancer patients?
Posted on May 26, 2016 by Sitemaster
Many readers who weren’t able to join us on yesterday’s CureTalk panel discussion may want to listen to what was a wide-ranging discussion about things that are really valuable to prostate cancers patients at diagnosis and along their prostate cancer journey. … READ MORE …
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Survey about use of online support networks for prostate cancer patients
Posted on September 25, 2015 by Sitemaster
Researchers at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia, USA are conducting a study to learn more about men’s use and perceptions of online prostate cancer support networks as well as men’s experiences with prostate cancer. We encourage readers to participate in this survey. … READ MORE …
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Gee … on-line support systems for prostate cancer patients actually work!
Posted on July 10, 2013 by Sitemaster
In the management of patients being treated for prostate cancer, “Providing support using online methods is effective; the length of time this intervention should be provided to patients will require further research.” … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk | Tagged: on-line, outcome, quality, support | 5 Comments »
