Howard Wolinsky is a long-time prostate cancer patient who has been on active surveillance (AS) since his diagnosis in 2010, when one of his doctors described him as a “poster child” for active surveillance. … READ MORE …
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A newly published study from a group of German researchers examined the degree to which participation in patient support group activities increased prostate cancer patients’ health literacy and, specifically, their prostate cancer‐specific and non‐cancer‐specific knowledge about health care. … READ MORE …
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Prostate Cancer International wishes to announce the development and official opening of its online Active Surveillance Virtual Support Group. … READ MORE …
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One of the ways that some prostate cancer patients help themselves (and others) is through the ways that they engage with other patients and families and the health care systems in the areas where they live. … READ MORE …
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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 …
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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 …
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