QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and treatment.
Background: Many studies have demonstrated the usefulness of PSA Velocity (PSAV) in prostate cancer screening. However, the often dramatic elevations in PSA values observed in men with prostatitis (PR) could potentially cause confusion in the use of PSAV for CaP…
Background: Since the introduction of widespread PSA screening, prostate cancer has become the leading cancer diagnosis in US men. Even though death from prostate cancer has significantly declined in recent years, there is concern that the treatment of some men…
Patrick Prader is celebrating a 20-year anniversary. In the summer of 1987, he was diagnosed only four hours apartwith prostate cancer and sinus cancer. You sure know how to mess up a fellows weekend, Prader said to one of the…
(This article is based on a portion of a paper prepared by Stacy Loeb, MD and William J. Catalona, MD for the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.) Recently, active monitoring strategies have received attention as a possible treatment…
Dr. Catalona has written articles and answered questions on the topic of hormonal therapy in previous issues of Quest, but recent studies have provided new information. This article updates material previously in Quest on the topic of hormonal therapy. The…
My research and the research of my colleagues show the most effective and acceptable treatment for prostate cancer is to eradicate the tumor at a very early stage before it has a chance to spread. The risk of unnecessary treatment…
I am the Secretary of the URF Board and a patient of Dr. Catalona. He performed my radical prostatectomy in September 1997. Ive written in Quest for over 5 years. I study, write, counsel, and lecture, but I am not…
(This article is adapted for Quest readers from an article by Stacy Loeb, MD and William J. Catalona, MD: PSA Isoforms: The Next Generation of Prostate Cancer Detection in Clinical Laboratory News, March 2007) PSA Screening Works PSA screening has…
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