Category: Active Surveillance
I have written on the importance of a healthy lifestyle, especially diet and nutrition, which is correlated with preventing prostate cancer (PCa) and other diseases. (NOTE: You can read some of my related blogs from links at the end of this one.) I came across a new multi-center Italian study that addresses the question: does keep reading
The annual American Urological Society meeting (AUA 2015, May 15-19) has more presentations than ever on multiparametric MRI detection of prostate cancer, MRI targeted biopsies, MRI/ultrasound fusion, and MRI-guided focal therapies. The urologic world is sitting up and taking notice as advanced imaging is changing the prostate cancer landscape. I will be sharing selected presentations keep reading
In 2012, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a recommendation against routine PSA screening for otherwise healthy men. Almost immediately, prostate cancer support organizations and hundreds of clinical professionals raised an outcry. While acknowledging that the non-prostate cancer specific blood test often led to over-detection and over-treatment of indolent prostate cancer, countless lives keep reading
At this year’s American Urological Association annual meeting in Orlando, FL, there were numerous courses that offer continuing education credits for physicians. One of the courses was directed by Dr. J. Stephen Jones who, for five years, served as Chair of the Urology Department at the Cleveland Clinic. He is very well respected in the keep reading
Beyond doubt, the interest in Active Surveillance for prostate cancer (AS, also called Expectant Management) is on the rise. A number of converging factors are driving the increase: Better early detection and diagnosis of low-risk disease Emerging science on which cell lines are unlikely to progress into lethal disease Broader awareness of the risks of keep reading
The American Cancer Society estimated that about 1 in every 6 males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes. Here at our prostate cancer treatment practice, surgery is not recommended right away. Dr. Sperling offers several methods to treat prostate tumors minus the surgical approach. Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer Treatment One of keep reading
