Weight Watchers

Disgusted with some pictures from my reunion, I started Weight Watchers about 6 weeks ago and I've lost 15 lbs. so far.  It's not so much a diet--because there are no forbidden foods--as it is a healthier way of eating and keeping track of things.

Adjuvant vs. Salvage Radiation

Photo: cuppojoe (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuppojoe_trip)

If you're at high risk for recurrence, based on your post-prostatectomy pathology, should you have radiation right away (adjuvant) or wait to see if your PSA rises (salvage)?  Prostate Cancer Infolink takes a look at the state of research into this question, doing an excellent job as always.

Can Aspirin Help Us Live Longer?

Maybe so.  Check out the story on MSNBC, or Oncology Times here.  (Photo credit: Duncan.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/ . Used under Creative Commons license with appreciation)

New: Partin Nomogram

A multi-center research team has used data from > 7,300 radical prostatectomy patients treated between 2000 and 2005 at two major medical centers to construct a new "2010 Partin nomogram" to improve prediction of pathologic outcomes after radical surgery...
Read the rest of this story at the New Prostate Cancer Infolink.

Efficacy and tolerance of salvage radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy with emphasis on high-risk patients suited for adjuvant radiotherapy.

Another look at salvage vs. adjuvant. Contains some probabilities of being free from progression at 5 years post SRT. For patients with no extracapsular penetration, pre-RT PSA less than 1.0, and positive margins, the 5 year biochemical free survival was 89%. The same probability for high risk patients was 78%, about the same success rate as reported for adjuvant RT.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20817287?s_cid=pubmed

A better way to detect prostate cancer?

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