No More Prostate Excuses
May 12, 2006 If lost in the wilderness, search and rescue experts will tell you the first rule is to stay put and do nothing. Help will find you. Not true for prostate cancer. And with good reason, prostate cancer…
QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and treatment.
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Underdiagnosis More of a Problem In Prostate Cancer Than Overdiagnosis
A small but vocal group of physicians is saying that prostate cancer screening has resulted in overdiagnosis and therefore overtreatment of prostate cancers. The reality is that prostate cancer screening is doing considerably more good than harm. (Catalona and Graif,…
Proscar (finasteride) Still Getting Misleading Attention
Studies showing that men taking Proscar (finasteride) had a statistically significant increase in high-grade tumors lessened interest in using Proscar to prevent prostate cancer and as a treatment for enlarged prostate. A recent new study challenged this finding and suggested…
Exploring Genetic Approaches for Diagnosis, Treatment and Cure
The usual way people think about disease is that it comes from a bacteria or virus and sometimes from an environmental agent. The cures are most often medicines that help the immune system fight the invading agents or, in the…
Healthy Cholesterol Levels Could Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
(Dr. Catalona Responds to Reports in the News.) A recent study (Platz, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) found that men who took drugs to reduce their cholesterol levels also had a lower risk for prostate cancer. This study…
Digital Rectal Exam is Worth Doing
(Dr. Catalona Responds to Reports in the News.) There has been some debate about whether it is still necessary to use the digital rectal exam in prostate cancer screening. Our recent study, (Catalona and Okotie) shows that a significant proportion…
Underdiagnosis and Overdiagnosis of Prostate Cancer
(Prepared by Cecilia Lacks, PhD, from AUA presentation by William J. Catalona, MD and his Research Collaborators) INTRO: In 2005, prostate cancer accounted for approximately one third of new cancer diagnoses in men in the United States. Some men with…
Predicting "Clinically Insignificant Prostate Cancer" With: Combined PSA density and Biopsy Features
(Prepared by Cecilia Lacks, PhD, from AUA presentation by William J. Catalona, MD and his Research Collaborators) INTRO: Active monitoring protocols, including “watchful waiting,” are being increasingly used to avoid unnecessary treatment for men with “clinically insignificant prostate cancer.” QUESTION:…
Adjuvant Radiation Therapy After Radical Prostatectomy
(Prepared by Cecilia Lacks, PhD, from AUA presentation by William J. Catalona, MD and his Research Collaborators) INTRO: New studies are demonstrating that adjuvant radiation therapy improves PSA progression-free survival in men with adverse pathology in their surgical specimen. Adjuvant…
ONE MAN TO ANOTHER: The Controversial Topic of Nutrition and Supplements
“Every unsolved disease cries out for garlic around the neck.” By Jules Reichel Does good nutrition prevent or cure prostate cancer? When I was a little boy, a kid on the next block had a distorted body from polio. I…
