Category: General Prostate
Scan Abuse and How to Avoid It
Sadly, prostate cancer (PCa) patients with low-risk disease are still being sent for needless diagnostic bone and CT scans. This was the finding of an impressive multi-disciplinary research team from several institutions (U.S. Veterans Administration and various medical and public policy departments within New York University and Yale University). The investigators found that nearly keep readingSelenium and Prostate Cancer
There is a wealth of information on the potential of natural and alternative ways to prevent and perhaps even control prostate cancer – at least in its early stages when patients are candidates for active surveillance. I have previously written on such topics as nutrition (https://sperlingprostatecenter.com/3-nutritional-guidelines-excellent-prostate-health/) diet (https://sperlingprostatecenter.com/diet-prostate-cancer/) lycopene (https://sperlingprostatecenter.com/lycopene-prostate-cancer/) melatonin (https://sperlingprostatecenter.com/melatonin-prostate-cancer-risk/) I am keep readingPut an End to Overtreatment
“There is increased use of radiotherapy among patients with indolent prostate cancer with limited to no correlation with tumor biology.” This conclusion was reached by a research team out of UCLA after studying the treatment choices of 37,621 patients.[i] In fact, over half (57.9%) of the men were sent for radiation, while 19.1% had a keep readingProstate Cancer, Radiation, and Rectal Side Effects
Beam radiation is an accepted whole-gland treatment for prostate cancer. It is also called radical radiation or radical radiotherapy. Radiation is often prescribed for men who can’t have or don’t want surgery (radical prostatectomy). Many improvements in the technology, and refinements in the dosage, have occurred over the last two decades in a concerted keep readingHigh PSA Should Lead to MRI, not TRUS Biopsy
I have written in the past about the problems with using prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a screening tool for prostate cancer. Virtually all men over age 40 know they should have a PSA blood test at their annual exam, yet few have a complete understanding of what it really says. Even fewer know that keep readingMRI Before TRUS Re-Biopsy Increases Accuracy
It seems intuitive, if not obvious, that superior imaging of the prostate gives precise information to guide a biopsy needle into a cancerous tumor. The typical ultrasound imaging used by urologists in their offices is inferior to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Ultrasound-guided transrectal (TRUS) biopsy has a minimum 35% chance of missing cancer. If our keep readingWould You Change Your Diet to Prevent PCa?
Do you know what causes cancer? Do you believe that diet can affect your chances of either causing or preventing prostate cancer? Would you change what you eat if you thought it could make a positive difference? I ran across an interesting small study that grew out of a larger British program called the ProDiet keep reading
