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The prostate cancer news update: Friday, October 10 by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Today’s news includes information about:A review of the risk associated with testosterone therapy in men with low testosterone levelsIssues related to stress and coping ... Read on »

What is an EERPE? by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Several years ago, Stolzenburg and colleagues at the University of Leipzig in Germany developed a form of laparoscopic prostate cancer surgery that they refer to as endoscopic ... Read on »

The great jam hype? Fugedabahdit! by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Despite recent, fairly silly, media headlines, the chances that eating more jelly or jam will seriously impact your cancer (or your risk for cancer) in any positive manner ha ... Read on »

The rising costs of cancer care by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer According to an article in USA Today, one in eight patients with advanced forms of cancer in the US are now turning down recommended forms of treatment because they can’ ... Read on »

Tuesday’s prostate cancer news: October 14, 2008 by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer In today’s update there is information about:Excess body mass and risk from prostate cancer deathThe potential role of the PCA3 testFocal treatment for localized disease ... Read on »

Updates to Prostate Cancer Caribbean by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer We are pleased to announce that “Phase II” of the development of Prostate Cancer Caribbean has been completed. Basic Spanish language and French language materials ... Read on »

Medicare coverage for PBRT challenged by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer According to an article originally published in the Gray Sheet last week and in OncologySTAT today, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has formally asked the Centers for Medic ... Read on »

Wednesday’s news: October 15, 2008 by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer There is a significant number of new reports today, addressing such issues as: data from a large series of robotic prostatectomy patients; the importance of positive surgical ... Read on »

Of prostate cancer and pomegranates by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer There is now a growing literature on the clinical potential of agents present in pomegranate juice, and specifically a biochemical known as delphinidin, in the prevention and ... Read on »

Results of our first poll: October 16-23, 2008 by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer A total of 91 readers took our first poll (and yes, we had hoped for a few more). The results were as follows:22/91 readers were early stage patients (24 percent)27/91 reade ... Read on »

Thursday’s news update: October 16, 2008 by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Topics in the news today address: prostate cancer grade migration over time; yet another new radiotherapy option for early stage disease (but the data are very early); and a n ... Read on »

Friday’s news: October 17, 2008 by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Today’s news addresses the need for a sophisticated reassessment of the hypothesis that high androgen levels are responsible for prostate cancer progression; the impact ... Read on »

An abiraterone update by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Cougar Biotechnology has recently announced the early results of another ongoing Phase II clincial trial of abiraterone in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. ... Read on »

Ariad/Merck initiate Phase II trial of oral deforolimus by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer Ariad Pharmaceuticals announced earlier today that the company’s business partner, Merck, had initiated a Phase II clinical trial of deforolimus (an oral mTOR inhibitor) ... Read on »

Of “autophagy” and prostate cancer by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer It is beginning to seem likely that over the next year or two we may start to hear more about a biologic process known as “autophagy” and how it may impact prostat ... Read on »

Rising PSA levels in non-metastatic prostate cancer by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer In this month’s online issue of Oncology, you can read a full review by Moul et al. (not just the abstract) addressing the complexities of the management of a rising PSA ... Read on »

Of mice, men, prostates, and stem cells by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer It’s a little hard to know where this piece of news may take us, but apparently scientists at Genentech have managed to grow mouse prostates from adult mouse stem cells. ... Read on »

What you didn’t “hear” may hurt you! by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer According to a study published on Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, cancer patients “do not hear much of what is said after bad news is delivered.” In th ... Read on »

Cryosurgery: best practices in localized disease by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer The American Urology Association has just published a detailed article entitled, “ Best practice statement on cryosurgery for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. ... Read on »

Thursday’s prostate cancer news: October 23, 2008 by Dr. Arnon K. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Cancer In addition to publication of the cryotherapy best practice guidance, other news today includes:Information about selenium levels in blood and prostate tissuesAn hypothesis ab ... Read on »

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