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Ovarian & Prostate Cancer Screening: A Tale of Two Tests
September is both Ovarian Cancer and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Both are life-threatening disease originating from pelvic organs. Screening tests have been evaluated to potentially detect both cancer types early toward the ultimate goal of saving lives. What do we know in 2012 about the impact of CA125 and PSA blood tests? Women who are [...]
Empowering Men Against Prostate Cancer…now for $0.99
Who needs PSA testing? How can it be that prostate cancer kills thousands of American men each year, yet experts often recommend no screening and no treatment?! Empowered Against Prostate Cancer: Treatment Guide with Patient Stories is a straightforward guide that provides men and their loved ones with answers. In honor of prostate cancer awareness month, this [...]
Is Dr. Otis Brawley’s Diagnosis of Cancer Treatment Correct?
As the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley should know whereof he speaks when it comes to the state of cancer care in America. He pulls no punches in his new book, How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in America. With its publication, he is taking aim at not only [...]
When is Screening for Breast or Prostate Cancer a Bad Idea?
An article by Gina Kolata on October 29, 2011 in the New York Times online asks when might it be “best not to know about cancer”: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/health/cancer-screening-may-be-more-popular-than-useful.html?ref=health. My first reaction was, “Sure I’d like to never have to know about cancer!” Unfortunately, for me as an oncologist who has lost multiple close friends and [...]
PSA Test for Prostate Cancer Screening: SELECTION Is Key!
This week the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF; what an acronym!) caused an uproar with their announcement of a “D” grade recommendation for the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test that is used to screen for prostate cancer. The group’s previous report was in 2008, in which the USPSTF recommended that men 75+ not [...]
New Blood Test To Decide If Prostate Cancers Need Treatment
The old saw about prostate cancer is, “You’re more likely to die with it, than of it.” In other words, many men who are diagnosed with the disease and don’t get treatment will ultimately die of something else (like heart disease) rather than the prostate cancer. For many men who have low risk prostate cancer [...]
