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Our blogs are written by health professionals who have expertise in the field of prostate and prostate cancer. You can therefore be assured that the information provided is precise and accurate. The many topics covered are intended to help people better understand the effects of the disease, treatment options and how to improve their quality of life.
Advanced prostate cancer-What should I know?
Advanced prostate cancer-What should I know? The term advanced prostate cancer does not describe just one type of disease, but several. It can be locally advanced, recurrent, metastatic, or resistant to castration. These terms are probably unfamiliar to you and can raise many questions. Here are 5 things you should know Your cancer has returned? […]
When hormone therapy significantly increases overall survival…
The arrival of next-generation hormone therapy to treat non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer provides a significant opportunity for men and their families. Non-metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer treatment NUBEQA® (darolutamide) significantly improves overall survival with a favourable safety profile in men with non-metastatic prostate cancer. Source: Bayer Canada Press Release MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 16, 2020 – Data […]
Can you have a good life despite advanced cancer?
Today, many patients now have access to more than one drug that can help them live longer and improve their quality of life, despite living with advanced cancer. I was diagnosed at the age of 65 and I have been living with my prostate cancer for 20 years. And to all the men who have this […]
Welcome life… Serge’s story
Welcome life… The second part of Serge’s testimony “In my previous testimony, Alone against my diagnosis, I mentioned that when my prostate cancer was announced, a very aggressive cancer, my partner at the time had ended our relationship, the disease – especially cancer – not being her cup of tea. So I found myself in front […]
Alone against my diagnosis… Serge’s story
Alone against my diagnosis… Just like Martin, Serge learns that he has prostate cancer in the prime years of his life, that is to say at the beginning of his fifties (yes age… is relative). What you need to understand is that men who receive a prostate cancer diagnosis are usually much older, well in their sixties […]
You no longer respond to your hormone therapy?
As you know, hormone therapy is mainly used when first treatments fail or when a patient is not a candidate for radical surgery or radiotherapy. On occasion, it can be combined with other treatments, such as radiotherapy. As you also know, hormone therapy may be slowing the growth of prostate cancer, but it cannot cure […]