An estimated 230,000 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2005 – enough to fill a baseball stadium four or five times. But research shows that a partner’s involvement in health care decisions is positively associated with better outcomes for prostate cancer patients.
Ali Torre, wife of legendary baseball manager and prostate cancer survivor Joe Torre, knows firsthand the important role that family members play in helping a person with prostate cancer make treatment decisions.
“I learned through my husband’s experience with prostate cancer that assembling a multidisciplinary team of medical specialists, including a urologist, a radiation oncologist and a medical oncologist, is the best way to ensure that all treatment options are fully explored.”
Torre is partnering with the Prostate Cancer Foundation on a new program called Women Join the TEAM Approach: Prostate Cancer Treatment, Education, Awareness and Management. The campaign urges partners and caregivers of men with prostate cancer to become active in their loved ones’ treatment decisions.
In particular, the program encourages men with...
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