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“What treatment do most patients choose?” Occasionally I’m asked this question, so I thought it would be interesting to present some statistics from published studies. 2011 data (low risk PCa) I’ll start with data presented in a 2011 article by a British team.[i] The authors collected records on 768 of their center’s patients with early keep reading

Okay, folks, this is BIG NEWS! A research study out of the esteemed Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and two other academic centers may be the first of its kind to definitively connect healthy diet with reining in prostate cancer (PCa). Specifically, the study population was done with PCa patients currently on Active Surveillance keep reading

The strategy of using active surveillance (AS) is increasingly recommended to low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) patients as a way to avoid or delay overtreatment. This is a new way of thinking; before the New Millennium, PCa was assumed to be multi-focal and most men with more than 10 years of life expectancy were hurried into surgery or radiation. Today’s terminology includes words that might have been meaningless a decade ago, e.g. indolent cancer, very low risk disease, and focal disease are all consistent with the growing movement toward AS. keep reading

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: exercise offers better outcomes for prostate cancer patients. This time, we’re basing our advice on an exciting development in the field of cancer research. Oncology, or the medical specialty dealing with cancer, is increasingly interested in the relationship between exercise and cancer survival. A noted authority keep reading

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 against doctor recommendations... keep reading

Active surveillance can be a nerve-wracking experience for many men, with constant monitoring adding to the stress. Focal therapy offers a precise, low-impact alternative that targets the cancer while sparing you from the side effects of aggressive treatments. Discover how it can bring peace of mind without overtreatment. keep reading

Could a man’s sexual behavior impact his prostate cancer risk? Recent research suggests a connection between the frequency of ejaculation, the number of sexual partners, and prostate cancer risk. Explore the latest findings and discover how your lifestyle choices might influence your health. keep reading

When you think of turning points in history, what comes to mind? The fall of the Berlin Wall? Einstein’s theory of relativity? The women suffragettes? Toppled regimes, scientific discoveries, and allowing women to vote dramatically alter the course of human events. Sometimes, however, the wheel of change is not obvious. You might be in the keep reading

Did you ever watch a murder mystery in which all the clues appear to point to an easy solution—but there’s a late breaking twist when the killer turns out to have “hiding in plain sight” all along? Here’s a similar situation: all the usual clinical factors seem to indicate that a prostate cancer patient has keep reading

I came across a journal article by a Brazilian urologic specialist, Dr. Stênio Cássio Zequi of the Camargo Cancer Center in São Paulo, Brazil. He asks if focal therapy will be the next step in prostate cancer management. Before expressing his opinion, he writes what amounts to a “snapshot” of the current state of prostate cancer treatment... keep reading