prostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Dec 27, 2019
On Being a Cancer Survivor: Patient Experience of Peripheral Neuropathy
Being Informed For Vilma Aleida, neuropathy was a surprise. "Neuropathy appeared in 2011 during my 7th chemo....That 7th chemo was the infusion of two treatments (taxotere and trastuzumab). The result send me to the ER, the pain was only relieved with morphine. After that, I have been living with neuropathyprostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Dec 25, 2019
What Should You Ask Your Doctor About Your Cancer Diagnosis?
Or Patient-Centered Cancer Care: IOM’s recommendations Last week, we looked at the recent Institute of Medicine’s report and wrote the post about "How the US Got Its Cancer Care Crisis". This week we get more practical. With specific recommendations you can use! The general recommendations include: (1) becoming engaged patients. (2) ensuring
prostate cancer | Research | Treatment | 10 pages | source: Critical reviews in oncology/hematology | Added Dec 23, 2019
Immunotherapies and their use in prostate cancer
The authors aimed to review immunotherapies available for prostate cancer treatment.
The authors concluded that further research into immunotherapy for prostate cancer is needed to more accurately assess the effect of immunotherapies as a viable treatment option for prostate cancer.
prostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Dec 21, 2019
War on Cancer: The Right Metaphor?
“For me, having lost my husband, it’s frustrating to hear publicly people saying to John McCain, ‘If anybody can beat this you can — you’re so tough.' Not that it’s intentionally hurtful, but it does leave those of us who’ve lost a loved one thinking, ‘Was my loved one notprostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Dec 19, 2019
If Not For Immunotherapy...
"I'm barely 27 and if it were not for immunotherapy and cancer research, I would not have seen 25." So starts Stefanie Joho speech at a 2017 Congressional Hearing called "Progress in Immunotherapy: Delivering Hope and Clinical Benefit to Cancer Patients." When Stefanie was 22, she was diagnosed with abenign prostatic hyperplasia | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Dec 19, 2019
A personalized refresher about Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a condition in men in which the prostate gland is enlarged but not cancerous. Benign prostatic hyperplasia is also called benign prostatic hypertrophy or benign prostatic obstruction.
The prostate goes through two main growth periods as a man ages. The first occurs early in puberty, when the prostate doubles in size. The second phase of growth begins around age 25 and continues during most of a man’s life. Benign prostatic hyperplasia often occurs during the second growth phase.
prostate cancer | Research | 10 pages | source: Cancer | Added Dec 15, 2019
Post-traumatic stress disorder can develop in patients with cancer
This study aimed to evaluate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients who have had treatment for cancer. This study found that a number of patients undergoing cancer treatment developed PTSD after treatment and recommended that supports are put in place.
prostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Dec 13, 2019
5 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About An Unappreciated Organ: The Bladder
Because of its lowly role in the human body, we think about our bladders only when something is going wrong or when we have to go really, really badly. So, November has been set aside as Bladder Health Awareness month. Here is a short review of bladder anatomy and functionprostate cancer | Medivizor | source: Medivizor | Added Dec 11, 2019
PTSD and Cancer
“I think all too often we underestimate the impact of a cancer diagnosis on the mental health and well-being of the individual, thus it goes unaddressed.” ~Stephanie Zimmerman, MSN Receiving a diagnosis of cancer can bring on feelings of worry, fear, dread, anger, uncertainty and loss. Research indicates that, forerectile dysfunction | Research | 10 pages | source: Journal of Urology | Added Dec 10, 2019
Is there a link between erectile dysfunction and sleep disordered breathing?
This study examined the link between erectile dysfunction and sleep disordered breathing in older men. Researchers concluded that the association between the two conditions can be largely explained by shared risk factors.
