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American Family Physician May 15, 2005 Bhatnagar & Kaplan	Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence Controversy surrounds the management options for localized prostate cancer-conservative management, prostatectomy, and radiation. Choosing among these options is difficult because of long-term side effects that include sexual, urinary, and bowel dysfunction.
American Family Physician August 15, 2000 Sharon Scott Morey	AUA Issues a Policy Report on PSA Monitoring The American Urological Association (AUA) has released a policy report on the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in screening for and monitoring of prostate cancer.
AskMen.com Jen Woodward	Prostate Cancer 101 Here are some of the basic facts about prostate cancer, along with what you can do to keep the C-word from gracing your medical chart.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Symptoms, Screening & Diagnosis Despite the facts that prostate cancer is the No. 1 cancer occurring in men (aside from skin cancers) and the second leading cause of cancer death (behind lung cancer), many men are still unfamiliar with this highly treatable disease.
American Family Physician May 15, 2005	Early Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know A patient hand-out on the disease, who is at risk, diagnosis and treatment options.
Salon.com April 28, 2000 Dawn MacKeen	A disease fueled by testosterone When a politician announces he has prostate cancer, what does it mean?
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Treatment And Prevention Everything you wanted to know about prostate cancer in our three-part Prostate Cancer Guide.
American Family Physician February 15, 2005 Sunga et al.	Care of Cancer Survivors Cancer survivors are at increased risk for recurrence of their original malignancy. Surveillance following curative cancer treatment generally includes interval history and physical examinations every six months for five years.
American Family Physician September 15, 2003 Perkins et al.	Serum Tumor Markers Because family physicians are assuming a greater role in caring for patients with cancer, an understanding of tumor markers is becoming increasingly important.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Prostate Cancer Overview Everything you wanted to know and more about prostate cancer in this three-part prostate cancer guide.
Nurse Practitioner August 2010 Virginia Sun	Update on Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Pancreatic cancer is the 10th leading type of all new cancer cases and the fourth leading type of cancer death that affects both men and women.
Nursing April 2008 Edmondson & Schiech	Esophageal cancer--a tough pill to swallow Find out how to help your patient confront the many challenges he faces from this disease and its treatments.
Managed Care March 2007 Martin Sipkoff	Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails.
Nursing April 2009 Colwell & Gordon	Helping patients combat colon cancer Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States. In 2008, about 148,810 people received this diagnosis and an estimated 49,960 died of the disease.
American Family Physician May 1, 2002 Ramsis Benjamin	Neurologic Complications of Prostate Cancer Neurologic complications continue to pose problems in patients with metastatic prostate cancer...
AskMen.com Alex Santoso	Prostate Health 101 Most men don't have any clue about their prostate -- until things go wrong. With this information, they can maximize their prostate health.
American Family Physician March 1, 2004 John C. Layke	Gastric Cancer: Diagnosis and Treatment Options Although the overall incidence of gastric cancer has steadily declined in the United States, it is estimated that more than 12,000 persons died from gastric cancer in 2003.
American Family Physician June 15, 2006 Layke & Lopez	Esophageal Cancer: A Review and Update Although significant advancements have been made in the treatment of esophageal cancer, this aggressive malignancy commonly presents as locally advanced disease with a poor prognosis.
American Family Physician February 1, 2001 Thomas J. Gates	Screening for Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence This article reviews the kind of evidence required to justify screening tests for cancer, with the goal of guiding family physicians through current and future screening controversies...
Nurse Practitioner December 2011 Downs-Holmes & Silverman	Breast cancer: Overview & updates This overview of breast cancer will discuss pathologic features, local and systemic treatment considerations, endocrine therapy, metastatic treatment regimens, and follow-up for optimal breast health.
American Family Physician December 15, 2002 Lecia M. Apantaku	Breast-Conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer Surgical treatment of breast cancer has changed significantly in recent years. The preferred method of treatment for many women with early breast cancer is conservative surgical therapy.
American Family Physician July 1, 2002 Pamela Dull	Managing Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Medical and surgical options for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia have expanded in recent years.
American Family Physician March 15, 2001	Cancer Screening Guidelines Faced with the broad, and sometimes conflicting, range of recommendations for cancer screening, family physicians must determine the most reasonable and up-to-date method of screening...
American Family Physician February 1, 2006 Freelove & Walling	Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis and Management Almost all pancreatic cancers are adenocarcinomas of the ductal epithelium, and symptoms primarily are caused by mass effect rather than disruption of exocrine or endocrine function. The clinical features depend on the size and location of the tumor as well as its metastases.
Nursing October 2010 Linda Schiech	HPV-related cancer: An equal opportunity danger Although many people know that HPV infections are the leading cause of cervical cancer, they might be surprised to learn that HPV is also associated with other kinds of cancer, including cancers of the head and neck, and anal and penile cancers.
Nursing June 2011 Cahill & Armstrong	Caring for an adult with a malignant primary brain tumor Pprimary brain tumors are relatively uncommon, occurring in an estimated 63,000 patients in the united states each year.
AskMen.com May 27, 2002 David Dixon	Important Information About Your Prostate Read on to learn about what men can do to protect themselves from this silent but deadly killer...
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Canavan & Cohen	Vulvar Cancer Vulvar cancer was reported in 3,200 women in 1998, resulting in 800 deaths. Recent evidence suggests that vulvar cancer comprises two separate diseases.
AskMen.com	Good Health Care News New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good.
AskMen.com March 17, 2001 Joshua Levine	The Importance Of Regular Check-Ups For Men Men are much less likely than women to seek the routine medical care that they should. This article describes some of the risks.
Nursing Management June 2009 Zimmerman & Britton	Prevention Through Vigilance: Malignant Melanoma Management Nurses can play a critical role in the care of patients with melanoma by offering preventive education and support.
Nurse Practitioner December 2008 Darlene P. Peters	Colon Cancer Screening: Recommendations and Barriers to Patient Participation Advanced practice nurses and nurse researchers can play a vital role in improving colon cancer screening among patients.
American Family Physician December 15, 2005 Mark H. Ebell	Predicting the Risk of Recurrence After Surgery for Prostate Cancer Several clinical decision rules have addressed this question. The most widely validated score the PSA, clinical stage, and Gleason grade to predict recurrence, which is defined as a postoperative serum PSA of 0.4 ng per mL or higher, clinical evidence of recurrence, or the need for subsequent treatment.
American Journal of Nursing September 2009 Lockwood-Rayermann et al.	Original Research: Women's Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Risks and Symptoms Objective: To assess how well informed women ages 40 and older are of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors.
American Family Physician September 15, 2005 Mark H. Ebell	Point-of-Care Guides What is the risk of prostate cancer in a patient who is referred for biopsy?
American Family Physician January 1, 2007 Collins et al.	Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Management Smoking cessation remains the critical component of preventive primary care of lung cancer. Treatment and prognosis are closely tied to the type and stage of the tumor identified.
Managed Care November 1999 Arthur L. Baldwin III	Financial and Risk Considerations for Successful Disease Management Programs Results for disease management programs have not been as positive as hoped because of clinical issues, lack of access to capital, and administrative issues....
Nurse Practitioner November 2010 Dreadin & Mancuso	Diagnostic breast evaluation: When to refer and what the results really mean Diagnostic breast imaging is an important tool in evaluating abnormal physical examination findings and assessing incomplete screening mammographic results.
AskMen.com Harold Russell	The Truth About Lung Cancer Read this article to find out about the causes, symptoms, treatments, and preventive measures of lung cancer.
American Family Physician August 1, 2000 Lecia M. Apantaku	Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening Statistics on breast cancer risk, symptoms and recommended tests.
Seasoned Cooking October 2004 Michael Fick	Prostate Cancer: It's Not Just for Men. If you love any man, are a man, and/or influence any man's diet, prostate cancer concerns you, because it strikes many men and is influenced by diet.
Nursing January 2011 Carl A. Kirton	HIV: The Changing Epidemic Since its emergence in the early 1980s, HIV infection in the United States has evolved from an acute debilitating condition to a chronic, treatable illness.
Chemistry World February 11, 2009 Lewis Brindley	Prostate Cancer Biomarker Could Speed Diagnosis US researchers have identified a compound in urine that could be used to detect prostate cancer - and also to distinguish between benign and invasive forms of the disease.
American Journal of Nursing August 2009 Fu et al.	Post Breast Cancer Lymphedema: Part 2 The authors discuss current approaches to risk reduction, treatment and management of the condition, and implications for nurses.
Managed Care March 2007 Lola Butcher	Plans Put Greater Emphasis On Cancer Management Increasingly, health plans are rolling out services designed to help cancer patients and, before that, plan members at a high risk of cancer, to improve their health care and, in doing so, limit costs.
Managed Care June 2007 Thomas Morrow	Dendritic Cell Vaccine Hits FDA Roadblock Questions about study design and analysis prompted the FDA to postpone action on Provenge, a treatment for advanced prostate cancer.
Pharmaceutical Executive July 1, 2011 Dickmeyer & Rosenbeck	From Rut to Racetrack Can the pharmaceutical industry deliver on its objective to make cancer a curable, chronic condition?
The Motley Fool June 9, 2010 Denise Gellene	Gen-Probe Prostate Cancer Test Looks Promising The new test could eliminate need for painful biopsies.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2008 Brian Orelli	Make Money, Fight Cancer Which prostate cancer fighting companies have promising investment potential?
Nurse Practitioner Keyock & Newman	Understanding stress urinary incontinence Underreported and undertreated, stress urinary incontinence leads to decreased quality of life in sufferers and financial burdens for both the patient and the healthcare industry. Nurse practitioners should understand their role in identifying, diagnosing, and treating the condition.