Through our friend Professor Richard Wassersug, a New Zealand researcher has reached out to us to recruit respondents for an online survey re. managing sexual life post PCa diagnosis. Here is the self explanatory e-mil and link ….. and if you can figure out what to do with a Kiwi Dollar gift card, it might possibly pay you!!
I am currently running an online survey to study the barriers and enablers for prostate cancer patients in using various strategies to manage sexual problems.
Below is further details about the study:
Background: Sexual dysfunction is common among men after receiving prostate cancer treatment. Many couples stop sexual activity when the patients have sexual dysfunction, but some remain sexually active.
Aim: Our team plans to assess what strategies prostate cancer patients use to maintain sexual activity.
Eligibility: The study is open to all prostate cancer patients following treatment.
Procedure: The survey takes about 15 minutes to complete and only needs to be completed once. At the end of the survey, participants can enter a raffle for a chance to win a $100 NZD gift card.
Potential Outcomes: Data from this study can potentially be used by health care providers to advice prostate cancer patients on how to remain sexually active.
The Memorial Sloan Kettering kitchen suggests three healthy, very easy to prepare recipes with a Southwestern twist – watch here and look them up here:
Oven-prepared chicken fajitas
Black bean, quinoa salad
Egg cups
And for a bonus, responses to questions regarding nausea, neutralizing that metallic taste and more – enjoy!!
Very unusual 3+3 diagnosis recurs; treatment damage to bladder/urethra; Color.com provides results update; success with a PARP-I; is Lu177 available with no prior chemo; early immunotherapy intervention for advanced disease.
One piece of research that struck home to me appeared in Prostate Cancer International a couple of weeks back. Simply titled ‘Depression in Men on ADT’ , it reports a VA study confirming the observed link between depression and ADT. While the study may pose more questions than it answers, I personally endorse Mike Scott’s advice that … “there should be no shame associated with depression after a diagnosis of prostate cancer (regardless of how you may get treated or managed).” In many cases this is a physiological response to the change in brain chemistry caused by the ADT treatment. In my own case, I felt very fortunate that my experience allowed me to recognize the symptoms of depression and adjust my medication accordingly.
Over 500,000 people were impacted by the 9-11 disaster. Many diagnosed with cancer in later years, especially if they n longer live in theTri-State area, are unaware they can access help with their medical costs and receive compensation.
This webinar explains what is available and provides navigation on how to apply. Click hereto watch.
Please note AnCan has no financial interest in promoting this message nor does it receive any financial benefit.
In 2012, a couple of years after we started our MedaFit program, one of the senior researchers at UCSF, Professor June Chan Ph.D published research linking vigorous exercise to a change in your genomic profile that may restrain #prostatecancer. This was one of the first studies I recall that tried to explain what we know intrinsically to be true – exercise is an important antidote to #cancer and its side effects.
