QUEST informs readers of the latest advances in urologic prostate cancer research, especially detection, prevention, and treatment.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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:…
(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…
“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…
“I do not believe the robotic prostatectomy is as safe a cancer operation as open radical prostatectomy.” In my opinion, the robotic prostatectomy (often called the DaVinci prostatectomy) is not as effective as the traditional open prostatectomy for accomplishing sometimes…
(This article is based upon research information published in Nature Genetics, June 2006. Dr. Catalona is one of the co-authors and his research population from the Northwestern prostate SPORE Pathology Core is one of the US groups studied. This material…
Before Marty Koch was diagnosed with prostate cancer, at the age of 49, he had never needed stitches for anything – much less been in a hospital. Needless to say, he was scared. Koch described himself as “being on the…
Differing comments are in the media regarding the use of PSA tests. In this article, Dr. Catalona, whose research developed the use of PSA tests for the early detection of prostate cancer, presents his personal and most recent recommendations for…
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