Understanding and treating prostate cancer

A few months ago, a friend came to me for some advice. He knows I am a health writer and researcher. He called me quite panicked after a consultation with his specialist physician. Putting it mildly, he was frightened by the words he had heard, almost to the point of not being able to listen […]

Treating prostate cancer with Zytiga

Detecting and treating prostate cancer is increasingly important; it is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in men in the US today. As men are generally living longer than before, more and more of them are developing enlarged prostates, and the number of them where the tumor has become malignant is growing in step. […]

Hormone therapy for treating and recovering from prostate cancer

It may sound strange, but there is increasing evidence that hormone therapy, which would normally be taken to boost the levels of testosterone in the blood after prostate surgery or chemotherapy for prostate cancer, can also work directly as a way of treating prostate cancer itself. In a case where prostate cancer has been detected, […]

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (also sometimes called just National Prostate Cancer Month – NPCM). It is a month-long campaign founded by the American Urological Association (AUA) to raise awareness about prostate cancer. The AUA created this month to help educate people about the symptoms, risk factors, and treatments for prostate cancer, raise […]