I believe in disease awareness months. I do. They raise a lot of attention and a lot of money. They may even save lives by encouraging screening and early detection. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘knowledge’
Finally – Awareness Month Action For Realists, October 28th, 2010
Searching for the Holy Grail of Prostate Cancer, October 19th, 2010
Earlier this month, a study was released for Abiraterone, a new drug from J&J that it is one of four drugs to ever demonstrate a survival benefit for patients with advanced prostate cancer. The study claimed that in a sample of 1,195 patients given the drug plus a low-dose steroid lived 14.8 months while those given a low-dose steroid plus a placebo survived 10.9 months. (more…)

