General Information

Concerning the Prostate & Prostate Cancer

Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines

CPCC SCREENING GUIDELINES

At the last full board meeting of CPCC the board endorsed the following Prostate Cancer screening guidelines adopted by the NASPCC NEW GUIDELINES SET FOR EARLY DETECTION OF PROSTATE CANCER Chicago. November 7, 2005

The National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions (NASPCC) announced today more stringent guidelines for early prostate cancer detection. They are as follows:

NASPCC supports the early detection of prostate cancer in recommending that, beginning at age 40 (35 for high-risk men, including African-American men and those with a definite or indeterminate family history of prostate cancer), men obtain a baseline PSA in combination with a DRE, and thereafter a PSA and DRE on an annual basis. PSA readings which increase over time may be more important than the PSA number of one score. Regular discussions about the findings of these tests need to be discussed between a man and his physician at every annual check-up. Men are responsible to know and keep track of their own PSA scores.

This year, more than 230,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, said Merel Grey Nissenberg, NASPCC President. NASPCC supports any measure that encourages men to get tested earlier and more often, so that they can live longer and have a better quality of life.

NASPCC is the central resource center through which communications pass regarding prostate cancer-related policy, including best practices, funding resources and other strategic ideas. The NASPCC was born out of a need and desire to connect all of the networks of prostate cancer advocates across the nation, in order to create a stronger voice on behalf of all prostate cancer patients and their loved ones, according to Ms. Nissenberg.

She reminded the group that we must streamline local and state groups efforts for more effective prostate cancer advocacy, and additionally serve as a consortium to both improve the quality of life and save lives across the nation.

Newly Diagnosed Patients & Additional Information

The most important step for the newly diagnosed PC patients is to become educated about PC. There are three excellent sources available, Publications about PC, The Internet, and Support Groups. You will find separate pages on our web site for these sources. Click on the links to the left for more information regarding Website Links, Support Groups and our Video Library.

What is Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer other than skin cancer in American men. The Cancer Facts & Figures for 2000 put out by the American Cancer Society estimates that more than 16,400 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in California with about 2,900 dying from the disease.

Prostate cancer originates in the prostate, which is one of the male sex glands. The prostate is about the size of a walnut and lies just below the urinary bladder and surrounds the upper part of the urethra. The urethra is the tube that carries urine form the bladder and semen from the sex glands out of the penis.

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Anatomy of the Prostate

The prostate is a gland, about the size of a walnut, located under the bladder and surrounding the upper part of the urethra. The urethra is a tube that carries urine and semen through the penis to the outside of the body. The prostate gland is found only in men. It produces semen, the liquid that carries the sperm when a man ejaculates.

Treatment Options

• Brachytherapy
• Chemotherapy
• Cryotherapy
• Hormone Therapy
• External Beam Radiation
• Radical Prostatectomy
• Watchful Waiting Strategy

Self-Penile Injections

Successful Self-Penile Injection
Hints, Questions and Answers
(Including men's actual experiences
By Stan Rosenfeld

Greetings!
This document was prepared to make the process as easy and painless as possible for men who have decided to use injection therapy for erectile dysfunction. This document should also be useful to those considering the use of injection therapy.

The document is arranged in two sections. The first contains common Questions and Answers and the second contains men’s experiences with the injections.It should also be noted that it is not necessary to have an erection to have an orgasm. (A vibrator and/or a creative partner can be helpful.)

You may want to use Dr. Tom F. Lue’s excellent book “A Patient’s Guide to Male Sexual Dysfunction” for more detail.

Also feel free to contact Stan Rosenfeld about this topic.     (vegstan2@ix.netcom.com)

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