Category: General Prostate

Not long after we posted the blog below on rectal/bowel problems following beam radiation treatment for side effects, a protective product called hydrogel was introduced. The injection of this absorbable gel into the area between the prostate gland and the neighboring rectal wall is designed to widen the space between the two structures, and thereby act as a shield to protect the rectal wall from radiation scatter. keep reading

Fasting. The word conjures up medical practice (“You have to fast from midnight onward”), religious penitence, and weight loss. It means limiting or abstaining from food for a specified period of time. I want to present some information about intermittent fasting, a type of fast that is getting attention for its overall health benefits. keep reading

You may never know how many times a microscopic system in your body saved your life. You can’t see or feel this built-in mechanism, but it tackles start-up cancers and other diseases before they can take over. This is the work of your immune system, made up of various components that work together to keep keep reading

Did you know that Focal Laser Ablation (FLA), which we use in our Center for precision destruction of prostate lesions, has a range of applications in other organs and tissues? For example, the optic fiber that transmits the laser light can be safely directed into tumors in lung, liver, bone, etc. In fact, decades before keep reading

According to statistics, not all men with prostate cancer are created equal. Statistics from the National Institutes of Health tell a sad tale: black men have about a 1.5 – 2 times greater chance of developing prostate cancer (at least 15% vs. 10% respectively; are more often diagnosed with aggressive PCa; and the risk of keep reading

Question: Does the body naturally kill cancer cells? Answer: Yes, especially if the immune system gets by with a little help from exercise. A multinational team may have decoded a mysterious link between exercise and one of the body’s own resources for destroying cancer cells. In October, 2020, Rundqvist, et al. published “Cytotoxic T-cells mediate keep reading

The FDA-approved PCA3 urine test (Progensa) for detecting a biomarker that is overexpressed in prostate cancer (PCa) was acknowledged by the American Urological Association as far back as 2013 as a useful adjunct – along with other PSA derivatives – for determining if a biopsy or repeat biopsy was needed. keep reading

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, is a common prostate enlargement as men age. It is estimated that at least 40% of men have BPH during their fifties, increasing to 90% of men in their eighties. Many men are not troubled by it, but it can create urinary difficulties if the enlargement narrows the urethral passage from the bladder out of the body. keep reading

At the time of this writing, the long-time co-host and weatherman of the Today show, Al Roker, is recovering from prostate cancer (PCa) surgery. Roker used his air time to announce his diagnosis of early stage but aggressive disease, in part as a chance to raise awareness of PCa among black men. “The problem for keep reading

Despite cancer warnings, let’s face it. Untold millions of meat-lovers—and the restaurants that cater to them—continue to grill meat over high heat or open flames. As we wrote in the original blog, this causes the formation of carcinogens called heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs). keep reading