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Agent Orange, Vietnam Veterans & Prostate Cancer
Vietnam veterans diagnosed with prostate cancer may qualify for service-connected disability compensation. Veterans who served in Korea in 1968 or 1969 may also qualify.
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United States Military Cancer Institute
The United States Military Cancer Institute (USMCI) is a tri-service program whose goal is to initiate, develop, coordinate and enhance multi-institutional cancer research, education and care within the military system.
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Special Clinic at WRAMC for Men with Prostate Cancer
The Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) has a special clinic for men diagnosed with prostate cancer called the “Multi-Disciplinary Prostate Cancer Clinic”.
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Handbook: Living With Advanced Prostate Cancer When PSA Rises During Hormone therapy
This a FREEnew handbook developed specifically for men with advanced prostate cancer. The outline of the handbook was based on extensive research with advanced prostate cancer survivors to determine what they needed and wanted to know.
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CPDR Links
This is where CPDR lists reciprocal links with other prostate cancer related sites and collaborations with other research institutes.
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The Anatomy of Prostate Cancer
An interactive presentation of the anatomy of the prostate, research methods and clinical stages related to prostate cancer.
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What To Do If Prostate Cancer Strikes: A Helpbook for Patients
A partnership project of the American Cancer Society and the Cancer Research
Institute, this website provide basic information on both the prostate
and prostate cancer. It instructs readers on the significance of PSA
blood tests and what happens when cancer id found. It also guides patients
through choosing a therapy, as well as where to look for information
on new investigational treatments. A "learn more" section
lists books, support groups, and websites that all deal with prostate
cancer.
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Prostate
Cancer Screening: A Decision Guide
Are you thinking about getting screened for prostate cancer or do you know
someone who is? "Prostate Cancer Screening: A Decision Guide"
is designed to help a man decide whether screening is right for him.
The 17-page guide discusses the prostate, prostate cancer, and the screening
tests in an easy-to-read question and answer format.
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Understanding
Gleason Grading System for Prostate Cancer
Once the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma (cancer) is made, it is important to
determine the histologic grade of the tumor – i.e. the degree of
aggressiveness of the tumor. Low-grade tumors progress slowly whereas
high-grade tumors grow rapidly and may have adverse outcome.
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Evidence for the Effectiveness of PSA Screening
<>"Our data shows that the PSA test, which helps to detect prostate cancer
at an early stage, saves lives, and should be offered to all men
over a certain age." says Dr, Judd W. Moul, Director of the
Center for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR) for two new studies
based on data from the military underscore...
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Evidence for the Effectiveness of PSA Screening: Immediate vs. Deferred Treatment<.
Patients whose only sign of recurrence after local therapy for prostate cancer is a rising prostate-specific
antigen level (PSA-only recurrence) have become more common.
We have developed two models to predict PSA-only recurrence
after radical prostatectomy.
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Interactive Equations for Pre- and Post-Operative Risk Recurrence
Interactive Equations designed by CPDR to help in the calculation of Pre- and Post-Operative Risk Recurrence.
These biostatistical models predicting the risk of recurrence after
radical prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer are
necessary.
Pre-operative Risk
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Post-operative Risk
Recurrence