Month: March 2022

Do you ever regret a decision that turns out to have a bad outcome? This is the situation for many prostate cancer (PCa) patients who chose radical prostatectomy (RP). A 2017 study found that 15% of PCa patients regret their treatment choice, with twice as many patients ruing the day they opted for RP or keep reading

I am frequently asked by patients how Focal Laser Ablation (FLA) compares to Radical Prostatectomy (RP) in terms of cancer control. After all, many of the men with localized prostate cancer (PCa) who come to Sperling Prostate Center have already been told by a urologist that they qualify for a nerve-sparing robotic RP that will keep reading

The term artificial intelligence or AI is at once exciting, mysterious, and even a little scary. As each of us goes through our day, we probably have no idea how much of our activities are touched by AI. Examples include your smartphone calculating the speed of your commute to work, the spam filter in your email, and online shopping recommendations that pop up when you buy a particular nutritional supplement on Amazon. keep reading

The tug-of-war continues between prostate cancer patients who want to be treated with proton beam therapy (PBT) vs. their insurance companies. As you can read from the blog below, payers are denying PCa coverage due to the high cost of the treatment coupled with lack of evidence showing superiority over conventional radiation therapies... keep reading

“It has been suggested by some investigators that a negative or stable MRI could replace the surveillance biopsy in men on AS.” – Dr. Badar Mian With apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson for paraphrasing a famous saying attributed to him: Build a better prostate biopsy and the urological world will beat a path to your keep reading

Okay, the title of this blog is obviously a trick question. No one—I repeat, NO ONE—looks forward to the prospect of a prostate biopsy. It’s not like standing in front of the freezer section and pondering which flavor of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream you want to bring home and enjoy. TRUS biopsy – UGH! keep reading