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Prostate cancer and me - we're finished (hopefully)
I’m over prostate cancer. I’m not claiming to be cured. It’s just that spending three or more hours day monitoring, translating and posting on the prostate cancer web discourse is no… more →
Prostablog
20 Hard Limits
pervertedimp wrote 3 days ago: I was asked recently what I would not offer freely. This got me to thinking about my limits. I had n … more →
Prostate cancer and me - we're finished (hopefully)
Jim Tucker wrote 4 days ago: I’m over prostate cancer. I’m not claiming to be cured. It’s just that spending th … more →
Nighty Night
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James Gommel wrote 2 weeks ago: Kaylee is now sound asleep thanks to our friend the anesthesiologist. Kaylee has been put to sleep … more →
No support for US official bodies' policy to not test PSA in over-75s
Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: URO TODAY: New research shows there is little medical profession or public support for a US Preventa … more →
Death risk greater if prostate cancer patients' PSA rises with 18 months of radiotherapy
Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: ATLANTA JOURNAL: Prostate cancer patients whose prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels rise within 1 … more →
'Prostate surgery shrank my dick - but I don't care,' say majority in new study
Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: URO TODAY: More than two-thirds of men who have radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer end up wit … more →
New guidelines issued in US for prostate cancer brachytherapy treatment
Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: URO TODAY: Radiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in every brachytherapy procedu … more →
Newer kind of radiation therapy works better on high risk prostate cancer patients
Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: REUTERS: Hypo-fractionated radiation treatment – a newer type of radiation treatment that deli … more →
Prostate cancer tumour blood vessels may be guide to how risky it is
Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: SCIENCE DAILY: The size and shape of the blood vessels visible within a prostate cancer tumour may b … more →
No clear links between red meat and prostate cancer - except maybe when you mess with it in cooking
Jim Tucker wrote 2 weeks ago: URO TODAY: There are no clear associations between red meat and fatal prostate cancer, says a new st … more →
Radiation therapy alone can reduce PSA levels below detectable amounts
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: MEDICAL NEWS TODAY: Radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below … more →
Provenge treatment for advanced prostate cancer gets a step closer
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: Long-awaited advanced prostate cancer drug Provenge is a step closer t … more →
Sense of 'meaning and peace' important in beating prostate cancer-induced depression
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: URO TODAY: A new study has looked at the relationship between depression caused by prostate cancer a … more →
Get your cholesterol down if you want to avoid high-risk prostate cancer, another study finds
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: URO TODAY: Cholesterol levels and prostate cancer definitely seem to be connected, a new study at Jo … more →
Hormone therapy no benefit to low-risk prostate cancer patients prior to and during radiation
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: URO TODAY: Short-term hormone therapy given prior to and during radiation treatment to medium-risk p … more →
Substance found in Indian spice turmeric works as prostate cancer treatment
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: URO TODAY: Curcumin – found in Indian spice trumeric – appears to be a non-toxic alterna … more →
PSA testing study compared Dutch men who had it with Irish who didn't - with the Dutch showing far less cancer spread and fewer deaths
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: URO TODAY: A study comparing Dutch men who got regular PSA testing for prostate cancer with Irish me … more →
Proportion of positive biopsy samples may be indicator of later success of hormone therapy for prostate cancer
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: URO TODAY: The number of positive core samples in a biopsy for prostate cancer appears to be related … more →
New evidence Gleason/PSA can be used to indicate when bone scan needed for new prostate cancer patients
Jim Tucker wrote 3 weeks ago: URO TODAY: Giving newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients a bone scan has dropped off dramatically … more →
