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Got Prostate Cancer? Get Off Your Butt and Start Moving!

Exercise and Prostate Cancer - Sperling Prostate Center

I was very interested in a new study about cancer survivors and the need for exercise. The article I found in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) applies just as much to prostate cancer (PCa) survivors as any other cancer—and that includes our patients whose focal disease was treated with Focal Laser Ablation keep reading

Can MRI Plus Artificial Intelligence Diagnose Prostate Cancer?

The question posed in the title is a worthy one, given the increasing attraction of applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to medicine, specifically in detecting and diagnosing prostate cancer (PCa). Why do we need this? Is there something lacking in the way doctors have been performing? Well, not exactly. Radiologists and urologists who are experienced in 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

The Importance of Lifestyle

When life goes along smoothly, it is easy to take for granted things like material comfort, physical and mental health, and the safety of our loved ones and ourselves. However, life has a way of surprising us with unforeseen unpleasantness. Illness, especially cancer, shakes us out of our comfort zone and thrusts us into unfamiliar keep reading

September and Prostate Health

By: Dan Sperling, MD September is a time when leaves turn to warm colors—and our minds should turn to thoughts of prostate health. September is National Prostate Health Month. Specifically, the week of September 17-24 is officially designated as Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. September is an invigorating month. The lazy days of summer are keep reading

Indiana Proton Beam Facility Closes

By: Dan Sperling, MD In recent months, proton beam radiation has come under criticism for two main reasons. First, it imposes a huge cost burden upon a medical payment system that is already limping. Second, it has not been shown to be significantly more effective in the treatment of prostate cancer than other forms of keep reading

The Many Uses of DWI-MRI

By: Dan Sperling, MD Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI-MRI) has tremendous diagnostic value for conditions throughout the body, not just the prostate. Diffusion weighting is one of parameters that distinguish unhealthy tissue from normal tissue. It gives qualitative and quantitative information about the random motion of water molecules in tissues, and can give functional keep reading

Panel Reaches Consensus On Focal Therapy Trial Design

By: Dan Sperling, MD There are many published reports the safety, effectiveness and sides effects of various focal treatment methods (cryotherapy, HIFU, photodynamic therapy and laser ablation), but they are difficult to compare side by side because they are designed differently. When patients ask me how one treatment compares with another, I try to explain keep reading

Got Prostate Cancer? Get Slim!

By: Dan Sperling, MD You would hardly think we need another reason to maintain healthy weight, but the threat of prostate cancer should add incentive. For overweight prostate cancer patients, losing weight before AND after treatment might save your life. Numerous clinical studies make this increasingly clear. The studies explore two areas: a) the connection keep reading

Cooperation Between Radiology and Urology

By: Dan Sperling, MD Bertrand Russell, a British philosopher, wrote, “The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” Having recently had the honor of serving as a Guest Faculty member at NYU Urology’s course on advanced prostate imaging and focal ablation, I’ll paraphrase his words: The only thing that will redeem the world of keep reading

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