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Concern Regarding Radiation Overuse

Here’s a little quiz: Which whole gland therapy for prostate cancer has the highest risk of recurrence? Radical prostatectomy Radiation therapy Cryotherapy of the whole gland HIFU of the whole gland If you answered radiation, you are correct. According to a recent article, the rate of prostate cancer coming back after conventional external beam radiation keep reading

The Right Way to do Active Surveillance

We know that the use of Active Surveillance (AS) as a way to hold off on prostate cancer (PCa) treatment is on the rise. Concerns about overtreatment, such as doing a prostatectomy on a patient who only has a small Gleason 3+3 tumor, stem from two recognized realities: Insignificant PCa may be slow-growing (indolent) and keep reading

Prostate Cancer: Family History and Focal Laser Ablation

At the Sperling Prostate Center, we believe family history matters, and patients who have a hereditary history of any kind of cancer, especially first degree relatives deserve special counseling. keep reading

Prostate Cancer: How Treatment Affects Men Who Have Sex With Men

The vast majority of published literature on prostate cancer (PCa), and also patient advocacy websites, often seem to overlook the needs of minority populations. Differences such as genetic vulnerability (suggested by higher incidence and death rates for African American men) or ethnic differences in male identity and how men relate to their bodies are not keep reading

Multiparametric MRI Minimizes Biopsy Needles, Maximizes Accuracy

I recently posted a summary of an Italian study showing that MRI (mpMRI) was superior to other prostate cancer tests in terms of predicting the need for a repeat biopsy after a previously negative result. mpMRI is able to show if there is a need for another biopsy. This is happy news for patients, who dread having keep reading

Too Fat for 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

Post-prostatectomy Rates of ED Have Not Improved

Erectile Function and Prostate Cancer - Sperling Prostate Center

I remember being at a medical convention about 10 years ago and overhearing a conversation between two doctors, specialty unknown, who were speaking positively about Dr. Patrick Walsh’s famous contribution, the nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (RP). As I later learned, he first applied his technique in 1982, and the patient regained potency about a year after keep reading

Medical Change at the Grassroots Level: A New Year’s Wish

“Power to the people!” This slogan, and variations of it, took on a life of its own in the Sixties and Seventies. John Lennon even wrote a song with that title, and James Brown used it as a lyric. Change that comes as a result of a social movement is often referred to as change keep reading

Call to Action: Make Your Voice Heard

I can’t begin to count the number of times patients have asked me questions like these: “Why isn’t focal laser ablation covered by Medicare or insurance?” “My urologist said he won’t do my follow-up if I have focal laser ablation. Do you know a laser-friendly urologist in my area who will work with me?” “How keep reading

The PSA Screening Debate

On November 18, 2015 the New York Times carried an article titled “Early Prostate Cancer Cases Fall Along With Screening.” Ever since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against broad PSA screening on the grounds that it leads to overdetection and overtreatment, two opposing positions have been created. One position favors the recommendation on keep reading

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