QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and treatment.
One Man to Another A New Treatment Era: Better Outcomes for Prostate Cancer (It’s Not Your Old Meat and Potatoes) A revolution is going on in the detection and treatment of prostate cancer, and I want to make sure that…
“In men with a PSA of 2.5-4, it appears that putting off a biopsy is not only postponing the inevitable, but is allowing cancer to grow when it could be taken care of in an earlier and more curable stage….
Dr. Catalona and his research collaborators delivered their research findings at the Prostate Cancer Foundation Annual Scientific Retreat and at the American urological Association (AUA) annual meeting. Although the information is technical, the following summaries are written with QUEST readers…
At 44 years old, Danny More was a successful agent for coaches and mangers in professional and college football. At 44 years old, Danny More was also a prostate cancer patient. Now, at 49, More is still a successful agent…
Dr. Catalona Responds to Stories and Studies About Use of PSA Testing and Treatments for Prostate Cancer In the following Questions and Answers, Dr. Catalona responds to questions he hears most often regarding PSA testing, early detection, and prostate cancer…
(This article is a portion of a paper on PSA screenings revised for QUEST) If there were no effective treatment for prostate cancer, early detection would not be important, but studies are showing that patients treated with a radical prostatectomy…
Several previous articles in QUEST and on the drcatalona.com website address postoperative radiotherapy, but recent reports have increased our knowledge, and this article supplements those previous ones. History In the past, we, and other researchers, analyzed 4-year studies of the…
Familial Prostate Cancer Screening Program Opens at Northwestern Memorial Hospital We are enrolling people with a family history of prostate cancer in research studies that aim to map the genetics of prostate cancer We have opened a Familial Prostate Cancer…
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…
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