CANCER NETWORK.COM: The cancer survivor population in the US is nearing 14 million and is growing at a rate of about 10% each year. Unfortunately, cancer patients who have completed treatment do not always have access to comprehensive follow-up care. READ MORE>
Posts Tagged ‘cancer survivors’
Not all cancer survivors getting proper followup care
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, tagged CANCER NETWORK.COM, cancer research, cancer survivors, catheter, comprehensive follow-up care, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER on July 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
UK map shows best places to live if you want to survive prostate cancer
Posted in PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, tagged cancer map, cancer research, cancer survival rates, cancer survivors, catheter, Daily Mail, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate treatment debate on June 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
DAILY MAIL: UK Researchers studied the number of cancer survivors living up to 10 years after being diagnosed with the disease and the result is the country’s first ever “cancer map” which breaks down survival rates. READ MORE>
UK study looks at health check behaviour of cancer survivors
Posted in Checkups, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, tagged blood pressure test, bone density scan, cancer research, cancer survivors, catheter, cholesterol testing, flu vaccination, prostablog, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate cancer survivors, reast cancer survivors, UK study, URO TODAY on May 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
URO TODAY: Cancer survivors are more likely to undergo a bone density scan, flu vaccination, and cholesterol testing than those who haven’t had cancer, a big UK study has found. READ MORE>
Prostate cancer survivors are less likely to have their blood pressure tested, according to the analysis. Breast cancer survivors are less likely to receive a blood pressure or cholesterol evaluation.
PROSTATE RESEARCH: Worthwhile study on how lifestyle change avoids cancer recurrence
Posted in Dietary intervention, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate cancer recovery, PROSTATE RESEARCH, Survival, tagged accelerated functional decline, cancer recurrence, cancer research, cancer survivors, co-morbidities, lifestyle modification, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, quality of life, second malignancies on June 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JUNE 28: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK: A study on the possibility that lifestyle modification will help cancer survivors to avoid the risks that they are at for second malignancies, other co-morbidities, and accelerated functional decline seems worthwhile. READ MORE>
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