Is focal therapy for every man with localized prostate cancer? Absolutely not. In fact, says Northwestern University urologic surgeon Ashley Ross, M.D., Ph.D., it’s not even a good option for the majority of patients. But for a few carefully selected men, with close follow-up, “it can be a curative option with minimal side effects.” […]
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Why I agonized over writing about it, and why I have (cautiously and for very selected men) altered my opinion. In three parts. Four years ago, I wrote a VJ post on focal therapy. I didn’t publish it. I just couldn’t. It started off: “Dear Readers, if you ever want to start a veritable […]
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Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a double-edged sword. It can do a lot of good: in men with high-risk prostate cancer, for example, a two-year course of ADT can make the cancer more susceptible to radiation treatment, leading to a cure. And in men with cancer that has spread beyond the prostate, ADT by itself […]
The new book is out and it’s better than ever, if I do say so myself! This is the Fifth edition of a book that, in various forms, has been a number one bestseller on Amazon since Dr. Patrick Walsh and I wrote the first one in 1993. That first book was called The Prostate: […]
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Exercise makes the body a lot less hospitable to cancer. Or, if you think about prostate cancer as the machine that it is, hijacking countless normal body mechanisms so it can grow and spread: Exercise throws a monkey wrench in the works! UCLA urologist William Aronson, M.D., was asked recently: “What do your patients with […]
It may never need treatment – but then again, it might. So why do some doctors want to sugar-coat it? “Don’t worry about Gleason 3+3=6 (Grade Group 1)! It’s harmless! We shouldn’t even call it cancer! In fact, let’s call it IDLE (indolent lesion of epithelial origin)!” Many patients have heard reassurances like these, and […]
Can intense hormonal suppression before surgery keep potentially aggressive prostate cancer from coming back? My goal in writing about prostate cancer is to offer reassurance and hope, and also a nudge or two when it’s time to take action. I have been very excited in past posts to write about the broader window of curability […]
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Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer, Part 2
Is focal therapy for every man with localized prostate cancer? Absolutely not. In fact, says Northwestern University urologic surgeon Ashley Ross, M.D., Ph.D., it’s not even a good option for the majority of patients. But for a few carefully selected men, with close follow-up, “it can be a curative option with minimal side effects.” […]
Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer, Part 1
Why I agonized over writing about it, and why I have (cautiously and for very selected men) altered my opinion. In three parts. Four years ago, I wrote a VJ post on focal therapy. I didn’t publish it. I just couldn’t. It started off: “Dear Readers, if you ever want to start a veritable […]
Are ADT’s Side Effects Inevitable?
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a double-edged sword. It can do a lot of good: in men with high-risk prostate cancer, for example, a two-year course of ADT can make the cancer more susceptible to radiation treatment, leading to a cure. And in men with cancer that has spread beyond the prostate, ADT by itself […]
Our New Book
The new book is out and it’s better than ever, if I do say so myself! This is the Fifth edition of a book that, in various forms, has been a number one bestseller on Amazon since Dr. Patrick Walsh and I wrote the first one in 1993. That first book was called The Prostate: […]
How Exercise Helps Sabotage Prostate Cancer
Exercise makes the body a lot less hospitable to cancer. Or, if you think about prostate cancer as the machine that it is, hijacking countless normal body mechanisms so it can grow and spread: Exercise throws a monkey wrench in the works! UCLA urologist William Aronson, M.D., was asked recently: “What do your patients with […]
Gleason 6: Sugar-Coated Prostate Cancer?
It may never need treatment – but then again, it might. So why do some doctors want to sugar-coat it? “Don’t worry about Gleason 3+3=6 (Grade Group 1)! It’s harmless! We shouldn’t even call it cancer! In fact, let’s call it IDLE (indolent lesion of epithelial origin)!” Many patients have heard reassurances like these, and […]
Going After High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer
Can intense hormonal suppression before surgery keep potentially aggressive prostate cancer from coming back? My goal in writing about prostate cancer is to offer reassurance and hope, and also a nudge or two when it’s time to take action. I have been very excited in past posts to write about the broader window of curability […]