http://www.caprostate.ca Prostate Health, Exam and Surgery Help and Resources Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Today I would like to share with you some thoughts on the topic of the costs of cancer treatments. It is the result of a moment on Saturday morning while, in the midst of listening to hurricane coverage on television, I was scanning the pages of my morning paper. There ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/crizotinib-approval-for-lung-cancer-shows-our-miracles-arent-getting-less-expensive www.oncopathology.info. Atrophy looks suspicious for adenocarcinoma at first glance. the nuclei are small and hyperchromatic. No prominent nucleoli are seen. Some glands are lined by obviously benign flattened atrophic epithelium. The immunostain for high molecular weight cytokeratin can be helpful in distinguishing between atrophy (fragmented basal cell layer) from atrophic variant of prostatic adenocarcinoma (no basal ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/mimics-of-prostate-cancer Mimics of Prostate Cancer â?? Atrophy looks suspicious for adenocarcinoma at first glance. the nuclei are small and hyperchromatic. No prominent nucleoli are seen. Some glands are lined by obviously benign flattened atrophic epithelium. The immunostain for high molecular weight cytokeratin can be helpful in distinguishing between atrophy (fragmented basal cell layer) from atrophic variant of ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/222 The concept of cost-effectiveness in medicine is elastic. Oneâ??s view on this issue depends upon who is paying the cost. Of course, this is true in all spheres of life. When youâ??re in a fine restaurant, you order differently when the meal will be charged to someone else. Under these ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/expensive-medications-is-the-benefit-worth-the-cost The surgeon who blogs as Skeptical Scalpel writes that he (she?) is unable to contain him(her)self any longer and then lunges into a review of evidence (or lack thereof) for robotic surgery. You may disagree with Skeptical Scalpel’s decision to be anonymous, but he/she explains: “I’ve been a surgeon for almost 40 ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/anonymous-blogger-reviews-the-lack-of-evidence-for-robotic-surgery Earlier this year, a Dendreon investor named Brad Loncar took the maker of the Provenge prostate cancer vaccine to task for what he believes are basic managerial shortcomings and criticized the board for failing to provide sufficient oversight and advice. The sort of complaints he expressed (read here) are familiar ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/dendreon-board-needs-business-sense-brad-explains PSA Rising /DALLAS/ â?? July 25, 2011 â?? UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have narrowed the potential drug targets for advanced prostate cancer by demonstrating that late-stage tumors are driven by a different hormonal pathway than was thought previously. “We have recently discovered that castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/new-pathway-to-potential-therapies-for-advanced-prostate-cancer Several newspapers in the UK reported this week that cancer rates have risen over the past two decades. That set into motion an analysis by the excellent “Behind the Headlines” service offered by the NHS Choices website. They found this in newspapers: “Cancer rates in the middle-aged “have jumped by almost ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/the-rise-in-cancer-rates-may-not-mean-more-cancer Eating Shrooms May Shrink your Prostate Men! A good piece of tail has always been a man favorite. Not that kind of tail!  I am talking about the turkey tail Asian mushroom that has been found to be 100 per cent effective in shrinking a tumor of the prostate in an Aussie ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/mushroom-sex-is-good-for-your-behind I am on the plane home from the 2011 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting trying to figure out the best way to write a "wrap up" blog about my sense of what I learned and saw in Chicago over the past 4 days.   I wish I could tell you ... http://www.caprostate.ca/uncategorized/asco-2011-is-a-wrap-along-with-redemption-blisterwalks-and-whether-i-will-remember-the-hashtags