Tag Archives: prostate cancer
Aspirin a Day Keeps Death by Prostate Cancer Away
The health benefits of aspirin and other blood thinners appear not to be limited to the heart. Many scientific studies have shown a link between the human body’s coagulation (blood clotting) system and certain steps in carcinogenesis (cancer development). A recent study of the CAPSURE (Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor) database evaluated [...]
Empowering Men Against Prostate Cancer…now for $0.99
Who needs PSA testing? How can it be that prostate cancer kills thousands of American men each year, yet experts often recommend no screening and no treatment?! Empowered Against Prostate Cancer: Treatment Guide with Patient Stories is a straightforward guide that provides men and their loved ones with answers. In honor of prostate cancer awareness month, this [...]
Robotic Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: Hope vs Hype
Marketing sells products. Even when it comes to matters of life and death, doctors and patients are not immune to sales pitches and slick brochures. Most of us assume that newer medical devices are better, particularly when they are marketed as using “revolutionary technology.” Over the past decade, one such advance in the field of [...]
PSA Test for Prostate Cancer Screening: SELECTION Is Key!
This week the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF; what an acronym!) caused an uproar with their announcement of a “D” grade recommendation for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test that is used to screen for prostate cancer. The group’s previous report was in 2008, in which the USPSTF recommended that men 75+ not [...]
New Blood Test To Decide If Prostate Cancers Need Treatment
The old saw about prostate cancer is, “You’re more likely to die with it, than of it.” In other words, many men who are diagnosed with the disease and don’t get treatment will ultimately die of something else (like heart disease) rather than the prostate cancer. For many men who have low risk prostate cancer [...]
Another Major Prostate Cancer Screening Study – Another Mixed Bag
Researchers from the famous Karolinska Institute in Sweden reported in the British Medical Journal on 3/31/11 their long-term results of screening men for prostate cancer. Almost 1500 men between ages 50-69 were chosen randomly from the general population in the city of Norrkoping for prostate cancer screening once every 3 years in 1987, 1990, 1993, & [...]
