Web Sites for Those Living with Prostate Cancer

Hormone Suppression Therapy	Bone Health	Salvage Treatments	Advanced Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
Chemotherapy	Impotence and Erectile Dysfunction	Clinical Trials	Recent News on Prostate Cancer

Hormone Suppression Therapy
Topic	Quality of Information	Ease of Understanding	Summary
PROSTATEinfo.com	Excellent	Easy Reading	Short and simple, but relatively comprehensive for those considering hormone therapy; provided by AstraZeneca
University of Maryland	Fair	Easy Reading	A little too short and simple
Prostate Cancer Treatment Guide	Fair	Easy Reading	Describes the choices, but little detail; no information about the source of this site.  Who is providing this?
Side effects of hormone therapy for prostate cancer	Excellent	Easy Reading	Provided by a British charity; a good site.
Zoladex	Fair	Highly Technical	Information about Zoladex
Casodex (bicalutamide)	Good	Highly Technical	Information about Casodex
University of Michigan	Fair	Easy Reading	PSA predicts treatment success in advanced prostate cancer
New (Experimental) Treatment Option for Prostate Cancer	Excellent	Easy Reading	Intermittent Hormonal Therapy is a new, experimental treatment option for prostate cancer.
Duke K. Bahn M.D.	Fair	Easy Reading	Hormonal Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
AstraZeneca	Fair	Easy Reading	Casodex and Zoladex and Prostate Cancer
TAP Pharmaceutical	Good	Easy Reading	Lupron Depot and Advanced Prostate Cancer
Watson Pharma	Fair	Easy Reading	Trelstar for Prostate Cancer
Gynecomastia Forum	Fair	Easy Reading	Gynecomastia (enlarged breasts) can occur in men on Estrogen Therapy

Bone Health
Topic	Quality of Information	Ease of Understanding	Summary
Prostate Cancer Research Institute	Good	Highly Technical	Predicting Bone Scan Positivity (tumor spread to bone)
American Dental Association	Good	Easy Reading	Reports of bisphosphonate-associated Osteonecrosis of the jaw have been associated with the use of Zometa and Aredia.
Us Too	Good	Easy Reading	What You Need To Know For Better Bone Health  (Brochure in PDF format)
Advanced Body Scan of Newport	Good	Easy Reading	Frequently asked questions about Osteoporosis and testing methods

Salvage Treatments
Topic	Quality of Information	Ease of Understanding	Summary
Memorial Sloan-Kettering	Good	Highly Technical	The nomogram is the most accurate tool to assess the potential benefit of salvage radiation therapy for patients with recurrent prostate cancer
Endocare, Inc.	Good	Easy Reading	Cyrosurgery Promising For CaP Patients Who Fail XRT.  (read the PDF)

Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
Topic	Quality of Information	Ease of Understanding	Summary
Cholesterol Drugs May Slow Prostate Cancer	Excellent	Easy Reading	Men who use cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may be cutting their risk for advanced prostate cancer in half
Phoenix 5	Good	Easy Reading	Cryosurgery: Tumors on ice offer hope for many inoperable patients
US TOO	Good	Easy Reading	Experienced a Relapse
Antiangiogenic Cancer Therapy By Darren W. Davis, Roy Herbst, James L. Abbruzzese	Excellent	Highly Technical	I found this book while searching for information on a drug called SU5416. It will tell you everything you might want to know about Antiangiogenics.

Chemotherapy
Topic	Quality of Information	Ease of Understanding	Summary
WebMD: Chemotherapy	Good	Easy Reading	Chemotherapy may be ordered for advanced prostate cancer that has not responded to hormone treatment. It may also be given for metastatic disease (disease that has spread). Metastatic disease may be present at diagnosis or, in some cases, the cancer can return in a distant location months or years after initial treatment.
Life Extension Foundation - Chemoprevention	Excellent	Highly Technical	Advances in Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention and Treatment
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center	Good	Easy Reading	Eating Well During Chemotherapy:  Managing Eating Problems
American Urological Association	Fair	Easy Reading	Chemotherapy For Prostate Cancer

Impotence and Erectile Dysfunction
Topic	Quality of Information	Ease of Understanding	Summary
American Urological Association	Excellent	Highly Technical	Non-Surgical Management of Erectile Dysfunction (ED)