Entries by Janet

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PSMA-Targeting Radionuclides:  Dramatic Success

This new form of treatment for metastatic prostate cancer is being used in Europe, Australia and elsewhere, and being tested in clinical trials in the U.S.  As part of my series on PSMA-targeting, here’s more of the story: As we have discussed here, Neil Bander, M.D., Director of Urological Oncology Research at Weill Cornell and […]

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Killing Metastatic Prostate Cancer with PSMA-Targeting Radionuclides

There’s some bright hope on the horizon for men with metastatic prostate cancer:  it’s PSMA-targeting therapy. This is different from PSMA-targeted imaging, which shows where small bits of prostate cancer are hiding in the body.  But it uses the very same building blocks.  Think of molecular LEGOS:  Instead of attaching the tracer molecule that can “see” […]

Enough Dismay! Rewriting the Prostate Cancer Story for Black Men

Just hear me out here.   Look:  I get it.  I come from a high-risk prostate cancer family, with five beloved men, including my husband, my dad, his dad, his grandfather, and my grandfather affected so far.  So you know I am not ever going to downplay the risk.  But enough!  Let’s stop being afraid of […]