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Source: Annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium; Medline 192,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually. 27,000 cases are terminal. Currently under investigation is a new chemotherapy drug -Cabazitaxel which is being administered in conjunction with Mitoxantrone (a commonly used drug f0r prostate cancer). Men receiving this chemo cocktail (no pun intended) had a 30% increase in survival. [...] Source: American Cancer Society Men should discuss the benefits and risks of prostate cancer screening with their doctors, according to revised prostate cancer screening guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS). Yes. That’s what they said. Not much of a guideline is it? Okay they say a little more. But really, only a little. The American Cancer [...] Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Rates of new diagnoses and rates of death from all cancers combined declined significantly in the most recent time period for men and women overall and for most racial and ethnic populations in the United States. The drops are driven largely by declines in rates of new cases and [...] Source: Associated Press; The Wall Street Journal It seems like just last week (okay so it was 3 weeks ago) that I was blogging on the newly announced recommendations relative to mammography. http://www.medicalmalpracticelawyerblogphiladelphia.com/?p=439 I also suggested that there were larger forces at work behind such things as US Preventative Services Task Force recommendations which surface during governmental [...] Source: US Department of Health and Human Services November 2009 Release The US Preventative Services Task Force has released the latest (11/2009) recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening. Were I a woman or performing breast self-examination (BSE) on, well myself, I’d be confused. The Task Force has un-recommended (hey if “un-friend” is now a word, this can’t be [...] Source: BBC Health; British Medical Journal A recent Swedish study (Yes, where the candy fish come from) comparing PSA (Prostate Specific Antigent) Test results of 540 men before they were eventually diagnosed with prostate cancer and 1,000 healthy men failed to determine the point where a PSA Test was a diagnostic predictor of prostate cancer. What [...] Source: PLoS Medicine, July 28, 2009 Early detection of ovarian cancer (at less than 1 cm) continues to elude medical providers according to researchers. Currently, ovarian cancers are detected only in advanced stages resulting in high mortality (death rate) and a poor prognosis. The majority of deaths to ovarian cancer are cause by serous tumors. [...] Source: The American Urological Society The American Urological and American Cancer Societies and the American College of Physicians, recommend prostate cancer screening at age 50 for even healthy males. For African-American males and those with a strong family history of prostate cancer, at age 40. PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) is an enzyme that naturally occurs in [...] The American College of Gastroenterology (the Group which certifies GI doctors) has updated the year 2000 guidelines issued to GI doctors for colorectal cancer screening. For 2009, prevention screening has replaced early detection as the stated goal. 50 is still the recommended age for the first 10 year colonoscopy for most of the population. However, [...] Clearly, it’s research Monday. A study supported (assuming this means paid for but not performed by) the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), say that 5 times fast, will be part of the presentations at the 87th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research in Miami pertaining to “Oral Fluid Diagnostics.” [...] |
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