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PCRI Insights (Quarterly)

Latest Insights IssueInsights is a free educational periodical written to inform you of essential concepts in prostate cancer. In addition to presenting new data and developments, Insights reviews information of landmark importance. All medical articles are fully referenced, and citations are provided for you to investigate further.

Patients, physicians and other health care professionals can subscribe to Insights free of charge by contacting PCRI at 310-743-2116 or by sending a email to info@pcri.org

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 CURRENT ISSUE: February 2012, vol 15, no. 1

  • From the PCRI Staff PDF
  • Indigo: The Fourth Shade PDF
  • Submit Your Story to PCRI! PDF
  • Prostate Brachytherapy Q&A PDF
  • Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer PDF
  • Meet Laurie Sorrow, Programs Coordinator, and Silvia Cooper, Educational Facilitator PDF
  • Report: NIH Active Surveillance Meeting PDF
  • Empowerment Without Medical Advice PDF

 

 November 2011, vol 14, no. 4

  • From the PCRI Staff PDF
  • What's Your Shade? PDF
  • Tribute to Jim O'Hara PDF
  • 2011 Prostate Cancer Conference PDF
  • Thank You to Our Conference Sponsors PDF
  • PROVENGE Update: Common Questions for an Uncommon Treatment PDF
  • Year-End Appeal PDF
  • Meet Madhu Rajaraman, PCRI Senior Writer-Editor PDF
  • PROVENGE: A Patient’s Perspective PDF
  • Report from the 2011 ASTRO Meeting PDF
  • Tutorial: Getting Started with the PCRI Blue Community PDF
  • Healthy Chocolate Michigan Mousse PDF

 

 August 2011, vol 14, no. 3

  • Insights Going Digital PDF
  • 2011 Prostate Cancer Conference Update PDF
  • Update On Omega 3 and Prostate Cancer PDF
  • Salvage Options for Rising PSA After Primary Therapy PDF
  • Salvage Brachytherapy PDF
  • Salvage Cryotherapy PDF
  • Radiation Cystitis PDF
  • Meet Cathy Williams, PCRI Chief Operating Officer PDF
  • Infection Associated With Prostate Biopsies PDF
  • PCRI Mid-year Appeal letter PDF
  • Beating Erectile Dysfunction PDF

 

 May 2011, vol 14, no. 2

  • Which PC Therapy Has the Best Long Term PSA Control? PDF
  • Cabozantinib (XL184) Phase II PDF
  • Update On Image-Guided Radiation Therapy PDF
  • PCRI/ADMETECH imaging symposium report PDF
  • “New” Prostate Cancer Conference Highlights PDF
  • Selected Abstracts from the May 2011 AUA Conference PDF
  • 2011 Prostate Conference Speaker and Program Update PDF
  • Nominations for Harry Pinchot Award PDF

 March 2011, vol 14, no. 1

  • Eleven Decisions Before Prostate Biopsy PDF
  • Fasting During Chemotherapy May Reduce Side Effects PDF
  • HIFU Treatment Outcome Data Is Maturing PDF
  • Selected Abstracts from the February 2011 ASCO Genitourinary Symposium PDF
  • Coming Soon – Abiraterone Acetate for Advanced Prostate Cancer PDF
  • Women have Mamogram, Men Need A Man-O-Gram PDF
  • The CRITICAL Trial PDF
  • Register Now! – PCRI Conference 2011 PDF

 November 2010, vol 13, no. 4

 August 2010, vol 13, no. 3

  • Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer PDF
  • Treatment Choices for Early (Localized) Prostate Cancer PDF
  • New FDA Approval for Cabazitaxel (Jevtana®) PDF
  • New Therapies In Clinical Trial for After Docetaxel Fails PDF
  • Testosterone Inactivating Pharmaceuticals PDF
  • Long Term Results of Surgery for Localized PC PDF
  • Empowerment In Advanced & Hormone Refractory PC PDF
  • UsTOO Int’l and Wellness Place – Not Just Another Support Group PDF
  • Should a Second Opinion be Obtained When a Biopsy is Positive? PDF

 May 2010, vol 13, no. 2

  • Introducing Nathan Roundy PDF
  • PROVENGE® Approved in the U.S.A. PDF
  • Nine Decisions Before Choosing Radiation Therapy After Prostatectomy PDF
  • Highlights from March 2010 Urologic Oncology Symposium PDF
  • Prostate Disorders Other Than Cancer – Part 2 BPH PDF
  • Preview - 2010 PCRI Prostate Cancer Conference PDF

 March 2010, vol 13, no. 1

  • 2010 Prostate Cancer Conference Announcement
  • Review of Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer PDF
  • Herbal, All Natural – Are they safe? Are they effective? PDF
  • Prostate Disorders Other Than Cancer – Part 1 Prostatitis PDF
  • Prostate Cancer Perspectives – Active Surveillance PDF
  • PCRI Basic Concepts to Empowerment
  • Commentaries on Articles by Drs. Bahn and Brosman

  November 2009, vol 12, no. 4

  • Integrative Medicine and Prostate Cancer: A Look at the Currently Available Evidence PDF
  • Stenting of the Urethra for the Treatment of Urinary Complications Related to the Prostate PDF
  • The Great Prostate Cancer Stage Migration PDF
  • The 2009 Prostate Cancer Conference: Making a Positive Impact on Quality of Life
  • Two Recent Large, Retrospective Studies Provide Data to the Discussion over Conservative Management of Prostate Cancer
  • Dendreon Files BLA for Provenge®

 August 2009, vol 12, no. 3

  • What Do We Know About PSA Screening Now That It's 2009? PDF
  • Levels of Evidence PDF
  • Prostate Cancer Maverick: Charles Huggins
  • Food For Thought: Pomegranate Juice and Tomato Products Show Promise PDF
  • For Your Sons PDF
  • Two Studies that Made the News in 2009
  • Why attend PCRI 2009?

May 2009, vol 12, no. 2

    * 2009 Prostate Cancer Conference Announcement
    * Bone-Targeted Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
    * Side Effects of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Induced by Estrogen Deficiency
    * Dendreon Announces Successful Completion of Provenge Trial
    * “What’s Your Type” Table 1 Correction (from Feb.)

February 2009, vol 12, no. 1

    * What’s Your Type?
    * Chemotherapy in Prostate Cancer
    * The Abscopal Effect and the Prospects of Using Cancer Against Itself.
    * Dr. Donald F. Gleason Dies at 88
    * A Call to the PC Community


November 2008, vol 11, no. 4

    * Salvage High-Dose Brachytherapy after Radiation
    * Potential for MRI in Prostate Cancer
    * Advances in Holistic PC Chemoprevention and Treatment
    * Summary of the 2008 PCRI Conference
    * Harry Pinchot Award Winners

August 2008, vol 11, no. 3

    * More to See and Do at the PCRI Conference
    * What We Should Have Learned About Prostate Cancer (PC) in the Last Ten Years, Part 3
    * The European Association of Urology (EAU) Conference
    * New Technology Observed at 2008 AUA Conference
    * Pomegranates and Prostate Health: A Research Report

May 2008, vol 11, no. 2

    * PCRI Conference in Los Angeles This Coming September
    * What We Should Have Learned About Prostate Cancer (PC) in the Last Ten Years, Part 2
    * Highlights from 2007/2008 Scientific Meetings
    * Has the Time Come for Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer?

February 2008, vol 11, no. 1

    * 10 Years of Insights
    * What We Should Have Learned About Prostate Cancer (PC) in the Last Ten Years, Part I
    * Immunotherapy And Advanced Prostate Cancer - By William Cavanagh
    * Harry Pinchot, 1940 - 2008

November 2007, vol 10, no. 4

    * 2007 Conference Earns Accolades
    * Nerve-Sparing Robotic Prostatectomy - Update
    * Preventing and Treating the Side Effects of Testosterone Deprivation Therapy
    * A Letter to His Friends from Harry Pinchot

August 2007, vol 10, no. 3

    * High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy
    * There’s Something for Everyone at the Conference in Los Angeles
    * 22nd Annual EAU Congress Review
    * Raise A Voice Continues to be Heard

May 2007, vol 10, no. 2

    * Beating Prostate Cancer with Hormonal Therapy
    * Dealing With Taxotere Side Effects
    * Leading Experts To Speak at PCRI Conference
    * PCRI Attends 3rd PC Symposium In Orlando
    * Synopsis of Prostate Cancer Symposium
    * PCRI Recipient of Donation Honoring Floyd Patterson
    * A Voice Raised For Prostate Cancer At FDA Hearing
    * RAV Provenge Message Aired on Television
    * Have you visited www.pcri.org lately?

February 2007, vol 10, no. 1

    * Mark Scholz Steps in as PCRI Executive Director
    * Active Surveillance with Color-Doppler Monitoring
    * Can Dietary Supplements Really Impact Prostate Cancer?
    * Harry Pinchot Honored by Prostate Cancer Foundation

November, 2006, vol 9, no. 4

    * 2006 PCRI Regional Conference Gets High Marks
    * Magnetic Resonance Anatomic and Spectroscopic Imaging – Current Status
    * Active Surveillance For Favorable Risk Prostate Cancer: What Are The Results, and How Safe Is It?
    * The Legacy of Brad Guess
    * A Call to ACTION

August, 2006, vol 9, no. 3

    * Gleason Grade Migration
    * PCA3: A Genetic Marker of Prostate Cancer
    * Highlights of the EAU Congress
    * Advocates – Where are You?
    * Chicago “Town Hall Meeting” Creates Spirited Discussion
    * You Are The Captain Of The Ship
    * PCRI Executive Director Brad Guess Dies Suddenly

May, 2006, vol 9, no. 2

    * PCRI’s “Town Hall Meeting” Involves Advanced PC Patients
    * Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer: “Why Bother?”
    * The Changing Role of the Urological Oncologist
    * Raising a Voice for Advanced Prostate Cancer
    * Highlights of the 2006 Prostate Cancer Symposium

February, 2006, vol 9, no. 1

    * Executive Director Transition at the PCRI
    * Can Diet Really Control Prostate Cancer?
    * Cancer Cryo-Immunotherapy
    * Winning Despite Prostate Cancer
    * Prostate Cancer Forum Held in Florida

November, 2005, vol 8, no. 4

    * Harry Pinchot Receives Spirit of Philanthropy Award
    * Using Nomograms to Predict Pathological Stage and Treatment Outcome
    * Photoselective Vaporization Prostatectomy
    * How the GreenLight PV™ Laser System Works
    * HRPC: A Continuum of Diseases and Options
    * PC Awareness in Florida

August, 2005, vol. 8, no. 3

    * Gearing Up for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
    * Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
    * Using PSA Intelligently to Manage Prostate Cancer
    * What Others Are Doing
          o Patient Advocate Foundation
    * Survey Highlights PCRI Services
    * THE PCRI VIEWS
          o Regarding Testing for Prostate Cancer - Using PSA as a Principal Marker

May, 2005, vol. 8, no. 2

    * The PCRI Today
    * Newer Concepts in the Treatment of HRPC with Bone Metastases
    * What Every Doctor Who Treats Male Patients Should Know
    * Who’s Really at Risk for What?
    * Laboratory Tests Defined
    * The Ostrich

February 2005, vol 8, no. 1

    * PCRI Goes to Washington, DC
    * Cryoablation of the Prostate
    * Transrectal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: The Next Generation?
    * Participating in a Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
    * PCRI Welcomes Tom Kirk to the PC Community
    * PCRI on PBS
    * New, Improved 'Primer'

November 2004, vol 7, no. 4

    * Conference a Rousing Conclusion to PC Awareness Month!
    * Nerve Sparing Robotic Prostatectomy
    * Ferumoxtran-10: An Important New Prostate Cancer Staging Tool
    * E-Empowerment
    * PCRI Partners Column
    * PCRI Goes to Washington, DC
    * Take Control Of Your Destiny
    * A Message from the Executive Director

August 2004, vol 7, no. 3

    * PCRI Regional Conference in Los Angeles October 9
    * Targeting for Cure: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
    * The PCRI Views Regarding Testing for Prostate Cancer
    * The Way to Find the Best Available Treatment for Your PC
    * PCRI’s Harry Pinchot Wins ACS Award
    * Six Down, One to Go to Benefit PC Research

May 2004, vol 7, no. 2

    * PCRI 2004 Regional Conference Scheduled for October
    * The Linkage Between Obesity and Prostate Cancer
    * Treatment Options for Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence
    * High-dose Ketoconazole Plus Hydrocortisone (HDK+ HC)
    * “Can You Hear Me Now?”
    * PCRI Expands into Hawaii - Meet Dave Derris

February 2004, vol 7, no. 1

    * Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer - Evaluating the Options (Part 3)         
    * The Finasteride Controversy
    * Does Finasteride Alter the Pathology of the Prostate and Cancer Grading?
    * Let's Get It Fixed
    * Helpline Corner - Meet Harry Pinchot
    * PCRI Produces Educational Lecture in Florida

November 2003, vol 6, no. 4

    * National Conference a Huge Success!
    * Prostate Seed Implantation for Prostate Cancer
    * Temporary Seed Implant with High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
    * Update on Provenge Trials
    * Climbers Pay Sacrifice in the Name of Prostate Cancer Awareness
    * Helpline Corner - Meet Victor Grimaldo
    * What Others Are Doing - City of Hope

August 2003, vol 6, no. 3

    * Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer - Evaluating the Options (Part 2)        
    * Update on ProstaScint®: CT and MRI Fusion as Diagnostic Tools
    * Using PSA Intelligently to Manage Prostate Cancer
    * Helpline Corner - Meet Jan Manarite
    * What Others Are Doing - UsToo! International, Inc.
    * Prostate Cancer Fighters Climb Mountains

May 2003, vol 6, no. 2

    * Androgen Resistance (Part 3)
    * Adjuvant Androgen Withdrawal
    * What Others are Doing - Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments (PAACT)
    * Helpline Corner - Meet Jim O'Hara
    * Meet PCRI's Medical Advisory Board - Dr. David Bostwick and Dr. Glenn Tisman
    * National Conference on Prostate Cancer 2003 - Registration

February 2003, vol 6, no. 1

    * Androgen Resistance, Part 2
    * Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer: Evaluating the Options (Part 1)   
    * Radical Prostatectomy - 2003, Commentary from an Experienced Urologist
    * What Others are Doing - Foundation for Cancer Research and Education
    * Helpline Corner - Meet Gail Betts
    * Meet PCRI's Medical Advisory Board - Dr. Mark Scholz and Dr Stanley Brosman
    * PC Climb Turns to Highest Mountain in Africa
    * PCRI Regional Conference Revisited

November 2002, vol. 5, no. 2

    * Androgen Resistance, Part 1
    * Color Doppler and Tissue Harmonic Ultrasound in the Early Detection and Staging of Prostate Cancer
    * PCRI/PIA Western Regional Conference a Huge Success
    * Prostate Institute of America
    * What Others are Doing - CaP CURE
    * More Than Just a Primer
    * Funding the Fight Against Prostate Cancer
    * Meet PCRI's Medical Advisory Board - Dr. Charles (Snuffy) Myers and Dr. Duke Bahn

July 2002, vol. 5, no. 1

    * PCRI to Expand Education Services
    * A Strategy of Success in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
    * Regional Prostate Cancer Conference, Los Angeles, CA on October 5th

October 2001, vol. 4, no. 4

    * Dendritic Cells Providing Key to Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy
    * Listening to the Biology of Prostate Cancer
    * Prostate Cancer may be the First to Benefit from DC-Based Vaccines
    * The PCRI Helpline Staff
    * The Importance of Objectified Medical Reporting

August 2001, vol. 4, no. 3

    * High Dose Ketoconazole (Nizoral) is Effective Against Androgen
    * Independent and Dependent PC
    * Concerns of an Oncologist
    * Meetings on the Web

May 2001, vol. 4, no. 2

    * Prostate Cancer Tools II: Software to Aid in Patient Counseling
    * Basic Principle 6: ADT as Curative Therapy for PC
    * Life Extension Foundation's Contributions to Mankind
    * Basic Facts on PC: Discussion of PSA Dynamics and Nutritional Adjuncts
    * Climbing Mt. Aconcagua to Raise PC Awareness and Funds for PC
    * Honor Roll of Donors to the PCRI

January 2001, vol. 4, no. 1

    * PCRI-US Too National Conference Recap
    * The Gleason Score: A significant biologic manifestation of PC aggressiveness on biopsy
    * The PC Digest of Horace Caviness
    * Basic Principles in PC: Treatment strategies that relate to optimal outcome
    * Upcoming Conferences
    * Honor Roll of Contributors to the PCRI: Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2000

October 2000, vol. 3, no. 3

    * Intermittent Androgen Deprivation - Stephen B. Strum, MD
     • Endocrinology of PC
    * Importance of Concordance in PC Management
    * Exisulind (Aptosyn)

August 2000, vol. 3, no. 2

    * Endorectal MRI with spectroscopy
    * Human unity
    * Basic Principles of PC 1-3 (Terminology, PSA Nadir, Anemia)
    * PC Digest

April 2000, vol. 3, no. 1

    * IMRT: in-depth review
    * The Clinical Stage: Its Definition and Importance in Prostate Cancer
    * Accomplishments of the PCRI
    * Memorial to Larry Clark

December 1999, vol. 2., no. 4

    * Ipriflavone: in-depth review
    * Androgen deprivation therapy
    * Genetic study on PC: patients wanted
    * Important principles in chemotherapy (AIPC)
    * Taxotere: in-depth review of anti-PC data
    * Communication & Balance

July 1999, vol. 2, no. 3

    * PC SPES: in-depth review
    * Recommendations for Prevention of PC
    * Nutritional Recommendations for Active PC
    * The Eicosanoid pathways
    * Patient empowerment & Activism
    * Cryosurgery review by Doug Chinn

May 1999, vol. 2, no. 2

    * Clinical flare
    * Bone integrity in relation to PC activity: extent of disease vs survival
    * Successful management of localized PC
    * Intimate association between bone formation and destruction

January 1999, vol. 2, no. 1

    * Bone integrity: in-depth review
    * The Medical Chart
    * Androgen Deprivation Syndrome (ADS)
    * Crisis as Opportunity

October 1998, vol. 1, no. 1

    * PC Digest
    * Risk Assessment- algorithms
    * Bone Integrity- concept introduced
    * Metastatic PC- The Servadio regimen of DES + Cytoxan + 5FU
    * DES- the forgotten drug
    * High-Risk PC- the Bagley regimen: treatment details for high-risk patients at diagnosis