QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and 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…
(Dave Biggs story was one of five published in the article, Playing the Odds, by Anthony Effinger. (Copyright September 2006 © Bloomberg Markets Magazine. Excerpted with permission.) One day in Chicago, Dave Bigg is about to drink a few beers…
(This information is an adapted version for Quest readers of a medical journal article written by Stacy Loeb, MD; Xiaoying Yu, MD; Robert B. Nadler, MD; Kimberly A. Roehl; Misop Han, MD; Sheila A. Hawkins, MD; and William J. Catalona,…
I’m the Secretary of the URF Board and a patient of Dr. Catalona. He performed my radical prostatectomy in September 1997. I’ve written in Quest for over 5 years. I study and write and counsel and lecture, but I am…
Background: Limited information exists on the outcomes of watchful waiting or active monitoring in men with prostate cancer (CaP). We are most interested in determining if older men can skip treatment and do watchful waiting. Question: What were the outcomes…
Background: Many pathologists who examine prostate cancer biopsies believe that perineural invasion* (PNI) is present in all radical prostatectomy specimens if a careful search is made. For this reason, some pathologists do not even report the presence or absence of…
(This article is a summary prepared by Cecilia Lacks, PhD, for Quest readers of a Journal Article published in Nature Genetics, 2007, High-throughput Oncogene Mutation Profiling in Human Cancer. Its research and findings are a collaboration of over 50…
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