QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and treatment.
Before PSA screening for early detection of prostate cancer, more than two thirds of men treated for the disease had incurable cancer that had spread beyond the prostate at the time of diagnosis and treatment. Confronting A Problem It was…
(This summary is based upon information released from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Prostatectomy patients of Dr. William J. Catalona were involved in the study and will be involved in future studies.) Ateam of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely…
There’s something to be said for a casual conversation between friends. It’s how Rick Lyke committed to getting a PSA test, how it most likely saved him from advanced prostate cancer, and how he became an effective advocate for early…
Reform of the United States health care system is being debated in Congress and proposals are in discussion stages. We want our readers to be aware of how the current health care reform proposals could affect access to early detection…
Unlike many other malignancies, symptoms are uncommon early in the course of prostate cancer. Instead, symptoms such as bone pain or obstructive or irritating urinary symptoms typically do not occur until the disease is advanced and/or incurable. Accordingly, efforts are…
I read with interest, alarm, and, then horror, an article in the New York Times, July 17, 2009, entitled “In Push for Cancer Screening, Limited Benefits.”Interest, because I was hoping to read an intelligent and thoughtful article. Alarm, because the…
Two Studies: ERSPC and PLCO The Spring 2009 issue of Quest was devoted to the subject of prostate cancer screening in response to the high interest in the topic created by the publication of two studies in the New England…
That’s why, looking back, he wishes his general practitioner had been more up to date on recommended practices when Smith’s PSA first started going up and why he wishes he had educated himself more at the time. Learning Too Late…
I believe treatment of prostate cancer by removal of the prostate with robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery could set back by years some of the gains that have been achieved in the successful treatment of prostate cancer. The surgical technique, also referred…
Dr. Catalona and his research group continue their important research on the genetics of prostate cancer supported by the Urological Research Foundation. They made several presentations at a recent Annual AUA meeting related to their most recent findings. The…
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