Month: April 2023

If you are diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) you’re not alone. You’ve joined a club you never wanted to be part of—and it’s a very large club indeed. In 2023, it’s estimated that over 288,000 men will receive a PCa diagnosis. While it may not be much consolation to know how many guys are in keep reading

Frank Robinson is remembered for a successful career as a Major League outfielder (14-time All Star) and manager. He is less remembered as the originator of common proverb, “Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.” According to ESPN Classic, in the July 31, 1973 issue of Time magazine Robinson uttered these words with respect keep reading

It’s a fact: even healthy men get prostate cancer (PCa), the most common tumor cancer in males. Of course, those with obvious risk factors (family history of breast or prostate cancer, exposure to toxins, ethnic/racial factors) are more prone to develop this disease, but sometimes cancer strikes a healthy person with no known predisposition or keep reading

If changing one thing in your life could protect you from colorectal cancer, liver cancer, head and neck cancer, breast or prostate cancer, and gastric cancer – would you make that change? A review and analysis of 83 studies offered indisputable evidence that close adherence to the Mediterranean diet amounts to putting on a suit of armor against several cancers... keep reading

Question: What’s every man’s favorite medical exam? Answer: Pretty much anything as long as it’s not the Digital Rectal Exam! I know a lot of men who stoically accept the fact that during their annual physical, their primary care doctor or urologist will perform a routine digital rectal exam (DRE). It’s sometimes jokingly called “the keep reading

The Prostate MRI Imaging Study (PROMIS) was a landmark event in terms of demonstrating the superiority of multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for biopsy guidance vs. conventional TRUS (transrectal ultrasound) guidance. Within a few years, more studies began to appear regarding biparametric MRI (bpMRI)... keep reading

Decisions, decisions. Virtually every action you make, no matter how small, is preceded by a choice or decision. If it doesn’t work out, most have only minor consequences. English muffin or whole wheat toast? Solid tie or striped? Drive or take the commuter train? Coffee or tea? These are small decisions. The stages of life keep reading

If you are diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer and your doctor says you are a candidate for active surveillance, how can you be sure? This is a crucial question, and a study from a German-Canadian team adds important information for patients to consider before choosing AS. keep reading

Did you know that a LOT of prostate cancer (PCa) is never actually detected while the person was living? Here are some interesting numbers: In men who died of other causes, 21% of autopsies reveal PCa across all ages Over half of men aged 90 or above who die of other causes are found to keep reading

No one wants to look like a fool at a social gathering by showing up with the wrong outfit. You wouldn’t wear a tux to a backyard BBQ, or Bermuda shorts and a pineapple shirt to a black-tie benefit. As you stand in front of your closet, foreknowledge about the nature of the event will keep reading