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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Prostate Cancer - HealingWell.com Forum

Prostate Cancer - HealingWell.com Forum
This is the best prostate cancer discussion board. By far the busiest and best-moderated I have ever seen.

Adjuvant vs. Salvage Therapy: Gerald Chodak MD (video)

Dr. Chodak provides his views on recent studies about adjuvant (immediate) radiation vs. salvage (radiation given after PSA rises) in this video.

Updated Guide: How to Estimate Your Prostate Cancer Cure Odds

I have updated my guide "How to Estimate Your Prostate Cancer Cure Odds". It now has a new home on the HealthMad website at http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/how-to-estimate-your-prostate-cancer-cure-odds/.
I noticed lots of men and partners show up on discussion forums, newly diagnosed, desperate to find out what their survival time might be, or the chances of a cure. So I incorporated and explained the tools available from reputable sites to do that.

It is certainly possible to find out the long term probabilities, but the patient should bear in mind that the probabilities really apply to large groups of men, and cannot predict with certainty the outcome for any one individual.

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