‘Getting prostate cancer has been good for me…in a funny sort of way’ Really??

PROSTABLOG NZ: Why would anyone say that getting prostate cancer was actually good for them?

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Prostablog author no longer Prostate Cancer Foundation board member

PROSTABLOG NZ: A minor matter for the record – as of today, the author of this blogsite, Jim Tucker, is no longer a member of the board of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of NZ.

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Annual PSA tests have little impact on death rates from prostate cancer, new US study claims

INSCIENCES: Death from prostate cancer does not vary greatly between men who undergo annual PSA screening and those who do not, according to an investigation of PSA outcomes published in the Archives on Internal Medicine today.

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Pros and cons of being tested for prostate cancer not being properly explained, says US Cancer Society

DRUGS.COM: Most men are not being told the pros and cons of PSA tests, two new studies find.

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New trial prostate cancer treatment uses patient’s own cells to provoke immune system

DAILY MAIL: A new treatment for treating prostate cancer – based on cells taken from the patient in the hope these will provoke the immune system into attacking and eventually killing the cancer -is being tested on men in the advanced stages of the disease.

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Insulin level in lean men and those in sedentary work linked to prostate cancer risk

URO TODAY: In a Finnish study, an association between insulin level and prostate cancer risk was observed among leaner men and among men who were less physically active at work.

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Chathams women take hard line with their men over prostate cancer awareness

WHITIREIA journalism student CARL SUURMOND went to the Chatham Islands with the Prostate Cancer Foundation last weekend. Here’s his first report (see below for his SLIDE SHOW): PROSTABLOG NZ: The men of the Chatham Islands are a tough  breed of fishermen and farmers whose work environments have shaped their hardwearing demeanour – but it’s the [...]

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Are men getting all the advice they need when deciding what to do about prostate cancer?

WALL STREET JOURNAL: A new study raises the question of whether patients facing prostate screening and their health-care professionals are engaging in shared decision making, and what such a collaboration should look like.

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Prostate cancer community can only look in envy at the government-funded breast cancer awareness campaign

PROSTABLOG NZ: While the NZ prostate community is mounting its latest bid to have a publicly funded awareness campaign, the Ministry of Health has just published its latest guidelines on the treatment of breast cancer.

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Erectile function less likely after non-nerve sparing prostate cancer surgery

URO TODAY: Non-nerve sparing radical prostatectomy is more likely to lead to early development of venous leak, increased prevalence of venous leak, and reduction in return of natural erections.

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