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Patient-Friendly Scan Accurately Detects Prostate Cancer Recurrence

PSMA-PET scans have become the most sensitive prostate cancer (PCa) detection for metastasis (cancer that has spread to other parts of the body), including recurrent PCa after treatment. PET uses a radioactive tracer that has been molecularly bonded with a substance readily taken up by prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA). keep reading

Yoga for Prostate Cancer?

Yoga for prostate cancer? It all began with the side effects of radiation treatment for prostate cancer. External beam radiation may be the right treatment for certain patients, but it can have downsides because it affects healthy cells as well as the cancer cells. keep reading

Diet, Cancer and You

You’re having a dream. In it, you’re in the lunch line at a fast-food restaurant, anticipating a tasty burger, fries and soft drink. Part of you feels a bit guilty because you had junk food just last week, but you have to be at an early afternoon meeting and... keep reading

Recipe for A Healthy Prostate: 3 Foods Every Man Should Eat

Three common foods help promote prostate health and prevent prostate cancer. Here's how to optimize them in your diet... keep reading

Update on Cannabis and Prostate Cancer

Cannabis and Prostate Cancer - Medical Marijuana - Sperling Prostate Center

Research supports the anti-tumor effect of non-psychoactive CBD (cannabidiol), one of 100+ identified plant-derived cannabinoid compounds. For example, Kis et al. note that lab studies have shown a chemopreventive effect of cannabidiol in prostate cancer... keep reading

How Much Can You Know About Your Prostate Cancer Before Treatment?

MRI prostate cancer treatment - Sperling Prostate Center

Prostate cancer is a complex disease, and understanding the full extent of it is crucial before making treatment decisions. Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) offers a detailed view of your prostate, helping to identify critical information to guide your treatment plan. keep reading

Brachytherapy: Follow the Bouncing (PSA) Ball?

How Effective is the PSA Test? - Sperling Prostate Center

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is like an ID tag for prostate cells. Each prostate cell, whether normal or cancerous, carries proteins (antigens) that can be “shed” into the bloodstream when some type of activity stimulates the prostate. Generally, the more constant the activity, the higher the level of PSA as measured by a simple blood keep reading

Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Radiation: A Synergistic Effect

There is a saying from the world of computer programming: “Theory is when you know something, but it doesn’t work. Practice is when something works, but you don’t know why.” This saying also captures something that mystified urology/radiation oncology teams for two decades. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) boosts the effectiveness of radiation therapy as a keep reading

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Quality of Life vs. Possible Risks

The evolution of prostate cancer (PCa) treatment often seems like a moving target. Suddenly there’s a revolutionary new treatment, or an exciting development in an existing one. Patients benefit from technological advances, gains in experience, and improved scientific knowledge—but even the most promising must survive the test of time, since unintended consequences can show up keep reading

How Can Immunotherapy Boost Focal Laser Ablation?

Prostate Cancer and Immunotherapy - Sperling Prostate Center

In the years since I first began treating localized prostate cancer using Focal Laser Ablation (FLA), I have acquired a broader perspective on cancer and the whole person. The human body contains an amazing defense mechanism with a “seek and destroy” mission against invasion from without and abnormality from within. It is called the immune keep reading

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