Category: Prostate Cancer

When you were growing up, your mom or dad no doubt cautioned you against poking anything into an electrical outlet. You didn’t need to understand the concept of conductance; you simply had to grasp that a painful thing called a shock would be the result. Depending on how dramatic the message was, you might have keep reading

Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) is a simple, elegant way for men suspected of prostate cancer (PCa) to avoid an unnecessary biopsy. It’s especially beneficial in making treatment decisions that match the patient’s disease and its extent. And, for patients who are facing radical prostatectomy (RP), mpMRI can improve surgical outcomes by ruling out positive surgical margins. keep reading

A PSMA PET/CT scan (or simply PSMA PET) like the one described below that incorporates the radioisotope Gallium-68, is the most sensitive method to detect metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa). PSMA PET has thus quickly gained wide use, including evaluating how well a patient’s mPCa is responding to therapy... keep reading

An exciting new imaging modality called PSMA PET/CT has entered the global prostate cancer diagnosis scene. When a short-lived positron emitting isotope called Gallium 68 is bonded to a molecule that is attractive to a specific protein found abundantly on the surface of prostate cancer (PCa) cells, the cells “light up” on PET/CT scans. keep reading

Can you imagine having a PSA higher than 100–four prostate biopsies don’t find cancer? This is the true story of a 73-year old man who came to Duke University Medical Center early in 2021. When he was examined, his prostate gland was... keep reading

What does prostate cancer have in common with chameleons that can change their skin color? These lizards have a remarkable ability to alter their appearance in response to environmental pressure — that is, changes in their circumstances that threaten their survival. They need to eat, so they can either blend in with muted background colors keep reading

One of the best things that ever happened in men’s health was been a steady drop in prostate cancer (PCa) death rates once PSA screening began in the 1990s. Before that, the PCa world was grim because there was no good way to detect early PCa—because it has few-to-no symptoms. Back then, many cases of keep reading

This blog is a departure from my usual prostate cancer topics because it is dedicated to the entire world of cancer. And yet, it implicitly includes prostate cancer, because what I want to share is an idea that could be the key to curing ALL cancers! I found a viewpoint article that was published by keep reading

A characteristic of good mystery stories is the use of clues designed to mislead the reader. These literary devices are called red herrings, and they are meant to throw the reader off track. Most prostate cancer (PCa) patients who are treated with beam radiation or brachytherapy (seed implants) can expect they are on the road keep reading

Technical terms like tumorigenicity (the gene-driven development of tumors) and antineoplastic (the property of discouraging new abnormal cells) are big words but their meaning is simple. Sulforaphane has potent cancer-prevention activities, as described by Elkashty, et al. (2021). keep reading