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I don't know how many of you have come across this site, which was started up last year. I personally find navigation a little difficult, but that may be my age! It certainly has a good deal of useful information and discussions.
Mike Scott regularly posts news items, with comments, on HOME PAGE – THE “NEW” PROSTATE CANCER INFOLINK and I think many of you will find some of them of interest in your acquisition of information.
Yesterday the following items were added:
-- The latest from Dana Jennings …
-- The daily news update: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 (including items on 5-ARIs and other preventive agents; expansion of patient eligibility for an Ablatherm HIFU trial; osteoprotegerin in development and progression of bone metastases; and chemo-immunotherapy for treatment of metastatic disease)
-- Article on “over-diagnosis” may help to JUSTIFY screening
-- The accuracy of the the Kattan prostate nomogram prognostic data
I'll be posting the notices of additions to the site as and when I receive them.
So much of what you Google on any topic is just a writer's take on a research paper.
Mike Scott's posts are a great way both to learn and to stay current. They include links to at least summaries of the source material, so you can get the information more directly.
If you like the kind of information you read there, UroToday - http://www.urotoday.com/ - is another good source of information.
