Herb-Crusted Wild Salmon with Vegetable Ribbons
Download the recipe card Herb-Crusted Wild Salmon with Vegetable Ribbons Ingredients: • 2 4oz fillets of wild salmon (skin off and bones removed) • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil • 1 tsp shallots, chopped • 1 tsp garlic, chopped • 2 tbsp nuts, finely chopped • 1 tbsp fresh. Read More
02/12/2021
Rewriting the Story for Black Men, Part 1:
If you are of African descent, you are at higher risk of getting prostate cancer. However, says PCF-funded physician-scientist Kosj Yamoah, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, this news should not make you feel defeated. Instead, use this knowledge as. Read More
01/20/2021
What’s New in Inflammation and Prostate Cancer
Anti-Inflammatory Drugs If inflammation can lead to prostate cancer, could anti-inflammatory agents help protect against it? Johns Hopkins epidemiologist and friend to PCF Elizabeth Platz, Sc.D., has been intrigued by this possibility for many years. She is senior author of a new study on the use of aspirin and statins,. Read More
01/15/2021
Statement From Jonathan Simons on American Cancer Society 2021 Facts and Figures
The American Cancer Society’s 2021 Facts & Figures holds good news for all Americans: overall, fewer people are dying from cancer, a 30-year trend due largely to advances in early detection and treatment for some cancers, including prostate cancer. It is equally encouraging that the death rate for prostate cancer. Read More
12/21/2020
Love Story
Milton and Shawni Wilborn met in high school more than 30 years ago, but they weren’t high school sweethearts – although, they found out later, they both wanted to be. “She was seeing someone else,” says Milton. “I’d always try to talk to her; she would just giggle. Senior year. Read More
Young Investigator Award – Class of 2020
The PCF Young Investigator Award-Class of 2020 recipients are: 2020 Tad Smith & Caroline Fitzgibbons-PCF Young Investigator Award Juan Arriaga, PhD Columbia University Medical Center Mentors: Cory Abate Shen, PhD; Andreas Califano, PhD; Mark Rubin, MD Investigating Novel Epigenetic Drivers of Bone Metastasis and Treatment Response in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Read More
12/08/2020
Personalized Active Surveillance, Safer Surgery
What’s the best course of treatment for men with localized prostate cancer? That’s actually a trick question: it depends on the individual patient, there are several good choices – and Johns Hopkins urologist Christian Pavlovich, M.D., Director of the Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance Program, is working to expand the range. Read More
12/03/2020
PSMA-PET Imaging: Finding the Needles in the Haystack
“If we can see it on PSMA-PET, we can treat it, right?” “My PSA is no longer undetectable after surgery, but cancer didn’t show up on a PSMA-PET scan. Do I still need radiation therapy?” “I’m at high risk of cancer recurrence. A bone scan was negative, but the PSMA-PET. Read More
Challenge Awards – Class of 2020
The PCF Challenge Award Winners - Class of 2020 recipients are: 2020 PCF Challenge Award Principal Investigators: Rahul Aggarwal, MD (University of California, San Francisco), Lawrence Fong, MD, (University of California, San Francisco), Michael Evans, PhD (University of California, San Francisco), Thomas Hope, MD (University of California, San Francisco) Co-Investigators:. Read More
11/17/2020
Hope Through Science
Have hope. Don’t despair. There are so many more options out there. We’re going to do everything we can. Those are the words that kept Pat McGuire going through more than a few bouts with bad news. But he wasn’t always so hopeful. Pat has faced some dark days. Pat. Read More