2010-09-20 12:31:53 PM
"What are the numbers?" Words to live by when it comes to a PSA results.
2010-09-22 4:10:02 PM
One in six of us will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in our lifetime. For us, the odds of developing prostate cancer are greater than the odds women face with a breast cancer diagnosis...
2012-01-23 12:10:55 PM
It’s that time of the year where most of us have realized that our New Year’s resolutions just aren’t going to happen. Instead of giving up and hibernating ‘til spring, let’s recommit to one resolution that we can all achieve:
Take Charge of Your Health
2013-08-19 10:21:49 AM
I am a very happily retired guy who’s been enjoying the good life since October 26, 2010, when my wife and I retired from 37 years at The StarPhoenix. During my working career I started in the Composing Room producing advertisements for the newspaper in hot metal type – I was actually the last person at the SP using hot metal when we converted to what we called cold type in the mid-seventies.
2013-08-26 9:38:00 AM
My doctor has happily given me physical prostate exams since I was in my early thirties. I have a family history of prostate cancer and we both knew that at some point there was a very good likelihood that I’d end up with the disease, so he regularly did a rectal exam at least once a year and often more than that. At least once a year, I had a PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood test done as well. It’s a simple blood test that measures the level of the PSA in your blood, and I think it’s a valuable extra tool doctors should use to help determine someone’s prostate health. There’s a lot of debate about using the PSA test alone, for a myriad of reasons, but in my case we had a long-standing baseline measurement that, combined with regular manual exams, gave us a pretty accurate picture of my prostate health.
2013-09-09 3:58:44 PM
Every debate has two sides – at Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC), we knew when we released our recommendations that they would stimulate an interesting and well-informed discussion. With that philosophy firmly in place, we would like to address a few points that have been raised over the last two days.
2013-09-17 1:33:32 PM
Many articles and posts have discussed fear and the fact that prostate cancer will evoke this emotion in many men and their loved ones. As someone with a family history of prostate cancer, I do have fears related to prostate cancer.
2013-12-05 2:05:49 PM
My dad lost his long, courageous battle with prostate cancer on October 1, 2013, surrounded by the love of his family at home. I want to tell his story to let others know that even one missed PSA test can mean the difference between life and loss.
2014-12-16 2:14:19 PM
"I can say with absolute certainty that the PSA test saved my husband’s life."
2014-12-24 3:16:38 PM
Jim Yarrow understands the critical importance of early detection because, as he says, “Prostate cancer was not on my radar” when it became an enormous factor in his life.
2015-01-16 11:05:02 AM
When my husband Ron was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, he asked the doctor how much time he had left…
2015-03-02 4:24:01 PM
Prostate Cancer Canada was be at PDAC 2015 to spread awareness abour prostate cancer and the importance of getting screened. On-site PSA testing was available, provided and sponsored by our partners from Lifelabs.
2015-11-30 11:28:59 AM
Looking back on the time he spent tracking his Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels, Jon Picken joked that he wished his corporate balance sheet had followed the same upward trend.
2016-12-05 11:48:11 AM
When Evan Hickey learned that his father, Bob, had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he was shocked - left with what he describes as "a very surreal feeling". That was in 2009, and at the time he didn't know much about the disease. He had a lot of questions...
2016-12-22 11:53:27 AM
When Brian Hillis first began experiencing symptoms of the most common cancer in men, the oft-used expression that prostate cancer is a family’s disease could not have rung more true. Whereas spending so much time standing in the bathroom struggling to urinate in the middle of the night didn’t strike him as a cause for concern, his wife, June, on the other hand, heard the resulting silence as the sound of deafening alarm bells.
2017-10-27 10:31:47 AM
Len Rhodes is the CEO & President of the Edmonton Eskimos CFL Football Team & Plaid For Dad Ambassador
2017-12-15 12:20:24 PM
“I’m a lucky man,” reflected Rick Ducharme, 68, on a life he has both cherished and feels confident is far from over.
2018-06-04 10:28:23 AM
This past month, Vancouver Sun reporter Larry Pynn found out that he is the 1 in 7 men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. His diagnosis sparked a determination to drive awareness to the most common cancer affecting men in Canada. Pynn released a five-part series in the Vancouver Sun, touching on topics from diagnosis and the PSA test, to sexual health and healing after treatment.
2018-10-18 12:19:31 PM
I feel unbelievably lucky… to be alive. Lucky to be here with my wife and kids. Lucky to have more time! Lucky that my prostate cancer was discovered early enough to be treated.