cancer

September 5, 2019

Collaborators Work to Develop New Sequencing Methods to Manage Cancers

News

The nonprofit organization Genome Canada, the pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) are collaborating to develop new targeted next generation sequencing (NGS) methods ... Read more

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017

The Double-Edged Sword of Faith vs Prostate Cancer

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

One of my jobs as a medical social worker involved working in a dialysis unit. Patients were there for hours at a time, which meant there were opportunities to share ... Read more

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017

Prostate Cancer Can Affect Your Financial Health

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

Treating cancer is expensive. Missed work, loss of income, high deductibles, a substantial reduction or depletion of savings, or going into debt. It all adds an additional layer of stress ... Read more

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017

Don’t Allow Erectile Dysfunction to Steal Your Manhood

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

During my four years of living with erectile dysfunction (ED), I came to the conclusion that ED is a thief. I wrote this on the back cover of my book, Everything ... Read more

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017

Prostate Cancer Puts You at Risk for PTSD

Columns, Living & Loving with Prostate Cancer

In the five years I’ve been corresponding with men diagnosed with prostate cancer, I’ve never met anyone who received information about the possibility of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after ... Read more