QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and treatment.
The need for repeat prostate biopsies is a common occurrence in men with elevated PSA levels or a suspicious digital examination whose initial biopsies do not show prostate cancer. Dr. Catalona suggested that with the recent ability to perform a…
“I would like to keep our donors informed about the progress of our productive, multi-institutional research group that is recognized by our scientific peers.” William J. Catalona, MD Projects in scientific research are not done by one person anymore. Often,…
African-American men and men with a family history of prostate cancer (particularly those with an affected brother or father) are at higher risk to develop prostate cancer. In high-risk patients, prostate cancer tends to occur at a younger age. Therefore,…
Being healthy is a gift that can be shared with future generations of African-American males. Dr. Catalona is inviting prostate-cancer free African-American men to participate in a control group for an important genetic study on prostate cancer and African-American males….
Various components of the PSA Study were featured in presentations for a recent American Urological Association meeting by William J. Catalona, MD; Kimberly Roehl, MPH; and JoAnn Antenor, BS. We thought the QUEST readers would be interested in their findings….
“Now, we almost never diagnose prostate cancer with distant metastates” Dr. Catalona was the keynote speaker for the Florida Cancer Education Networks Gala 2001. Other participants included Senator Connie Mack and Senator Bob Dole (via videotape). Dr. Catalonas speech on…
Taking the Information Plunge… Each year, Dr. Catalona presents a course at the American Urological Association Meeting in which he reviews selected articles from the medical literature to update urologists on the latest developments in prostate cancer treatment. We thought…
In Search of Prostate Cancer Genes The journey of a constitutional DNA sample, the DNA that makes up an individual’s human genome, most often begins with taking someone”s blood. The other source for DNA samples used in prostate cancer research…
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