QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and treatment.
NCCN Guidelines For Early Detection My favorite Practice Guidelines for the treatment of prostate cancer (CaP) are prepared by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) group of medical centers, which are the 19 comprehensive centers of excellence for practice and…
One year to the day after Jim Carricks operation to remove his cancerous prostate, he ran the Boston Marathon. Racing isnt important to him. But his wife, three daughters, friends, business, and local community are. The Marathon was to show…
One of the big but unanswered questions about prostate cancers is: Which ones are aggressive and which ones are not? In a recent study, my research partners and I have found some answers that very likely will change the way…
Prostate cancer (CaP) is a complex disease involving multiple steps and pathways to the development of cancer. Each step involves one or more genetic changes. Family studies have found varying degrees of clustering of prostate cancer in certain families, suggesting…
(Is 98% rate of non-recurrence a realistic goal?) Why a patient’s column? This is not a doctors column. I am a patient of Dr. Catalona and a member of the URF Board. This column attempts to provide a patients perspective…
Each year, Dr. Catalona and his research collaborators deliver their research findings at the American Urological Association (AUA) annual meeting. In the last issue of QUEST, we summarized findings from recent research projects of Dr. Catalona and his collaborators. The…
John Clark is an athlete a middle-aged athlete who was treated for prostate cancer last year. His career, until he retired at 54, was athletic director for St. Lawrence University. His children, seven of them, are athletes too. Naturally…
Misop Han, M.D.; Peter H. Gann, M.D., Sc.D.; William J. Catalona, M.D. prepared a paper on PSA and Screening for Prostate Cancer for the journal Medical Clinics of North America. This article is a portion of that paper revised by…
Dear Readers of Quest and Friends Of the Urological Research Foundation When Dr. Catalona developed the PSA test, he transformed the way prostate cancer was diagnosed, allowing for earlier detection and the saving of thousands of lives. Now, he and…
Why a patient’s column? This is not a doctor’s column. I am a patient of Dr. Catalona and a member of the URF Board. This column attempts to provide a patient’s perspective on prostate cancer to the readers of QUEST….
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