Month: September 2022

Thanks to PSA screening and early detection, most prostate cancer is diagnosed while it is still contained in the prostate gland. This implies favorable odds that any whole-gland treatment is potentially curative... keep reading

If you look at an MRI image of a prostate gland, what do you see?     You see different shades of gray that form into various useful features that a radiologist reads and interprets. However, a computer is not a human reader. Therefore, in order to be useful for Artificial Intelligence, the measurable physical keep reading

Prostate enlargement unpleasantly restricts urine flow...but the very same enlargement may also cause BPH to restrict prostate cancer tumor growth... keep reading

I have written several blogs on external beam radiation for prostate cancer along with its side effects. Radiation is a good choice for the right patient. As with all prostate cancer treatments, it is essential to match a treatment with an individual’s cancer because many factors go into the choice... keep reading

“Halt! Who goes there?” The world of Hollywood is filled with movies in which an alert sentry confronts a sneaky intruder. No matter which era is depicted—the Middle Ages, the Wild West, World War II—the watchful guardians are spaced out at various points along a castle parapet, a fort’s watch towers, or a defensive line. keep reading