Interview with an Expert: Active Surveillance
Christopher Barbieri, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Urology Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology Weill Cornell Medicine New York Presbyterian Medical Center “There’s no one way to select candidates for active surveillance,” says urologist and molecular biologist Chris Barbieri, M.D., Ph.D., who treats men with all kinds of prostate cancer and. Read More
Active Surveillance: What You Need to Know
Is active surveillance right for you? The answer to this question varies, depending on a bunch of factors: your particular form of prostate cancer, your age and general health, and also on the criteria used to select men for active surveillance programs from hospital to hospital. First, what is active. Read More
A Not-So-Good Practice Proves Harmful in African-American Men
It wasn’t that great of an idea to start with: giving hormonal therapy to lower testosterone in men with localized prostate cancer to make them eligible for radiation seed treatment. The idea is that a short course of hormonal therapy – usually a shot of Lupron or Zoladex – will. Read More
10/12/2016
For Some Advanced Cancers, What Might be Cures
We may have turned the corner. We’re not there yet, but wow, are we hopeful! At the Prostate Cancer Foundation, our goal has always been to put ourselves out of business by curing this terrible disease. Not just by catching it early, or by curing cancer that’s confined to the. Read More
Genes that Discriminate
“African-American men are discriminated against by prostate cancer, and for the first time, we know why.” This was oncologist Jonathan Simons, M.D., CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, talking to the Congressional Black Caucus at a special symposium on prostate cancer. Simons was telling the lawmakers about the trailblazing work. Read More
On the Horizon: Understanding Exactly How Prostate Cancer Targets Men of African Ancestry
When it comes to lethal prostate cancer, men of African descent are born with a genetic Achilles heel – or more likely, several points of weakness that make them vulnerable. It’s not all genetic; the deck is stacked against these men for many reasons, including the high-fat, low-vegetable Western diet,. Read More
Prostate Cancer and African Ancestry
Men of African descent are more likely to develop prostate cancer, and African American men are more than twice as likely caucasian men to die from it. Although lifestyle habits contribute to this greater likelihood, it is chiefly the result of certain genes that men of African descent possess. Learn. Read More
Treatment for Prostate Cancer: Surgery
The operation to remove the prostate, called a radical prostatectomy, is one of the most difficult surgical procedures there is. There are several reasons for this: One is simply the prostate’s hard-to-get-to location deep in the pelvis. Two, there are a lot of blood vessels and important nerves around there,. Read More
10/12/2016
On the Horizon: More Accurate Biopsy
First, for the future, we have something we’ve never had in the past: excellent imaging of the prostate. Thanks to multi-parametric MRI, doctors have an unprecedented look inside this difficult-to-access gland. It’s not as good as it needs to be yet, but it’s much better than it was – and it’s already. Read More
Biopsy: What the Diagnosis Means
The pathologist has just looked under the microscope at 12 tissue samples from your prostate. What’s in there? First, there are normal cells. Pathologists can tell that they’re normal, because they are round and uniform, with well-defined edges and clear centers. As cancer progresses, the cells become more oblong; then. Read More