Challenge Awards-Class of 2016
2016-2018 Movember Foundation-PCF Challenge Award ($1 Million) Principal Investigators: Andrew Hsieh, MD (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center), Yu Chen, MD, PhD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Brett Carver, MD, PhD...Read More
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Infection and Prostate Cancer
Bacteria, Infection, Inflammation… Cancer? Guess what? Urine’s not sterile! This may be bad news for people like TV survival expert Bear Grylls, who often resorts to drinking his own urine...Read More
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PCF Research Awards Notification If you would like to be notified when the next research RFA is available, please provide your email address in the blue box. Go here for...Read More
Prostatitis: Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood
Every year, thousands of men are diagnosed with prostatitis. Some of them might even have it. Most of them don’t. Maybe you’re one of those men, and you’ve been taking...Read More
PCF Champion: Ryan Brown
To honor his grandfather, who passed away in January, an extraordinary 12-year-old boy took on the entire NFL to raise awareness for prostate cancer.Read More
My Prostate Cancer Story: Brian Custer
“Do you want to live or do you want to die?” That’s a question Brian Custer asks men, especially African-American men, when they aren’t sure whether to get checked for...Read More
New Clinical Trial Methods Accelerate Research and Development
Prostate cancer can be slow to progress, frustrating the development of new therapies for patients with early, high-risk disease. New results from ICECaP (Intermediate Clinical Endpoints for Cancer of the...Read More
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...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...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....Read More