Maori TV does stunning programme about prostate cancer on Chatham Islands

PROSTABLOG NZ: NZ’s Maori television channel has broadcast a beautifully produced programme on men and prostate cancer on the Chatham Islands. It features Dene Ainsworth (Te Ati Awa), who goes to the remote islands, 800km east of NZ, with Hawkes Bay urologist Dave Mason to talk to people about the dangers of undetected prostate cancer. [...]

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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 a day monitoring, translating and posting on the prostate cancer web discourse is no longer viable. The blog is parked for now, although this does not seem to have made any difference to the interest shown: hits [...]

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You’re still looking at this blog – what is it I don’t understand about blogging?

PROSTABLOG NZ: Um…what’s going on? I haven’t posted new prostate cancer stories for 10 days…and I’m getting record hits on this site. What is it with you people? I’m trying to retire (temporarily, probably) here, and still you keep coming in for a look. Obviously, I’ve got a lot to learn about blogging. Incidentally, did [...]

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Prostablog closes down…for now

PROSTABLOG NZ: This blog is now closed, indefinitely.

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No support for US official bodies’ policy to not test PSA in over-75s

URO TODAY: New research shows there is little medical profession or public support for a US Preventative Services Task Force recommendation to discontinue PSA screening at age 75.

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Sticking with prostate cancer screening gives men far better chance of not dying from the disease

URO TODAY: Men who stick with prostate screening have a much better chance of not dying of prostate cancer, Swedish researchers have established.

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How can couples cope with prostate cancer? This report won’t enlighten you much

URO TODAY: Only a few programmes are designed to help couples cope with the effects of prostate cancer, and typically, only their intervention outcomes are reported.

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Benefit seen in having chemo-radiation treatment prior to prostate removal

SCIENCE DAILY: A combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy given before prostate removal is safe and may have the potential to reduce cancer recurrence and improve patient survival.

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Death risk greater if prostate cancer patients’ PSA rises with 18 months of radiotherapy

ATLANTA JOURNAL: Prostate cancer patients whose prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels rise within 18 months after radiotherapy have an increased risk of death, say U.S. researchers.

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‘Prostate surgery shrank my dick – but I don’t care,’ say majority in new study

URO TODAY: More than two-thirds of men who have radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer end up with a shorter penis – but apparently it’s not a big issue for most, according to new Canadian research.

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