Prostate Health & Wellness Blog

Great 2-Year Results for New Noninvasive Prostate Cancer Treatment

The Sperling Prostate Center is pleased to join seven academic centers in announcing the results of our national clinical trial of a novel focal prostate cancer treatment. keep reading

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Recipe for A Healthy Prostate: 3 Foods Every Man Should Eat

Three common foods help promote prostate health and prevent prostate cancer. Here's how to optimize them in your diet... keep reading

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PI-RADS Updates Improve Prostate Imaging, Interpretation and Reporting

A new PI-RADS version improves earlier guidelines for more consistent image acquisition, interpretation, scoring and reporting... keep reading

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Lifesaving PSA – Does It or Doesn’t It?

Does PSA screening reduce PCa mortality, or doesn’t it? We know that PSA is not specific for cancer, since many prostate conditions can cause a rise in PSA blood levels. We also know that an elevated PSA can lead to a conventional TRUS-guided biopsy, and that such biopsies can either miss PCa (30% rate of keep reading

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk

Chronic inflammation can occur in the body without your even being aware of it—and it's estimated to be the cause of up to 20% of all cancers. How to minimize this potentially deadly condition? keep reading

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Could BPH be Prostate Cancer’s Natural Enemy?

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

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Hormone Therapy Affects Mental Function

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a treatment for prostate cancer that has spread outside the gland. It is also called hormone therapy or chemical castration. The purpose of ADT is to reduce the production of male hormones, especially testosterone, which has the effect of temporarily halting the ability of prostate cancer cells to multiply and keep reading

Updated Focal Therapy Data From NIH

Dr. Peter Pinto is one of the most respected urologic researchers in America. He is the Head of the Prostate Cancer Section of the Urologic Oncology Branch of the Center for Cancer Research (National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health). That’s a very long formal title for a man who is humble, personable and good-natured. His keep reading

A Critique of Transperineal Biopsy Study On MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Guidance

I read a study on the accuracy of prostate MRI for predicting that no prostate cancer (PCa) is present. This is called the negative predictive value (NPV), and the authors make a great point in their introduction: The reliability of a negative MRI is a key clinical metric – if the MRI is reported as keep reading

Active Surveillance: Things You Might Not Have Thought About

The number of prostate cancer patients who opt for active surveillance (AS) is rising. The most important reason men go on AS is to avoid the risks that accompany whole-gland treatments. In fact, it’s so important to patients that according to a Dutch study, 30% who were not considered candidates for AS chose it anyway keep reading

MRI/Ultrasound Fusion: Not Ready for Prime Time

When an authoritative person weighs in on a topic, we sit up and take notice. Dr. Ardeshir (Art) Rastinehead is an Interventional Urologic Oncologist and he is impressively credentialed. His experience includes fellowship training at the National Cancer Institute (NIH) with. Peter A. Pinto and Bradford J. Wood, pioneers in the research and development of keep reading

Does Money Buy Life?

Everyone knows that money doesn’t buy happiness. But can it buy life? A new study out of the University of Washington Medical Center suggests that prostate cancer patients in extreme financial distress are more likely to die than those who are not. This doesn’t mean that having money can buy life, but hardship is a keep reading

MRI/Ultrasound Fusion: Not Ready for Prime Time

A Call for High Level Academic Science to Validate New Technologies

I never cease to be amazed at the amount of publication that comes from various individuals and teams at the University College London. On top of their clinical work with patients, and conducting clinical trials, I am impressed with their commitment and energy level when it comes to setting fingers to keyboard and writing articles keep reading

Risk of Prostate Cancer, Cholesterol, and Other Health Factors

For decades, researchers have been looking for a link between prostate cancer and other health factors such as obesity, smoking, or diet. They don’t have to look very hard. There is a huge amount of evidence that links prostate cancer risk with these and other conditions—making a powerful case for making healthy choices. But what keep reading

Changing Trends in PSA Screening

Before the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Panel’s 2012 recommendation against broad PSA screening, the blood test was commonly offered to men age 50 and over (45 if you had known risk factors). The Panel’s directive started a push in the opposite direction, encouraging doctors to discuss with each patient the merits and downsides of keep reading

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