I don’t know who first asked if prostate cancer risk is connected with how often a man ejaculates. Naturally, wishful thinkers would love to believe that the more often a man masturbates or has sex with a partner, the less risk he has of getting PCa. In fact, some studies suggest this might be the keep reading

According to Swedish and Dutch experts, there’s often a bias problem in Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs designed to grade prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness. That is, those who develop algorithms that are trained on a particular set of data are also the people who evaluate their accuracy. Where’s the objectivity in that method? There’s a risk keep reading

Times change, but old myths die hard. Especially in medical practice, old beliefs have a way of hanging around. They can still influence decision-making. However, we should be wary of throwing out the baby with the bath. Just because newer treatments have emerged and become established, it doesn’t mean there’s no longer a place for keep reading

A cancer diagnosis can be life changing. Physical, emotional, mental, and social challenges arise when a life-threatening disease like cancer occurs. Even low-risk, early-stage prostate cancer (PCa) has implications that ripple throughout all levels of a man’s awareness. During the days, weeks and months of their PCa journey, patients often examine their lifestyle choices. Have keep reading

How often do you think about your prostate gland? Hopefully, at least once a year, when you schedule an annual exam. That exam should include a PSA blood test and a digital rectal exam (DRE). Other than that, chances are that you go through every day without once thinking about that small gland tucked away keep reading

Prostate cancer is a woman’s problem. What? How can that be, since women are not born with a prostate gland. At least, not the way men are. Women do, in fact, have two small tissue structures called Skene’s glands, positioned on either side of the urethra close to where urine exits the body. Scientists liken keep reading

“Baking bread may seem like a very simple process. It’s a combination of only four simple ingredients: flour, water, yeast and salt. However, there’s a lot of science in how these four ingredients interact, and how varying them varies the bread’s characteristics.”[i] You probably don’t think of a bread recipe as an erotic experience, but keep reading

Immunotherapy is a promising new direction in treating cancer. For instance, a clinical study of advanced rectal cancer found that an immunotherapy using monoclonal antibodies to stimulate a strong immune response showed complete effectiveness at one year. All patients in the study had no evidence of cancer at that time. This is especially remarkable since keep reading

The Declaration of Independence cites the pursuit of happiness as one of the inalienable rights with which we are all born. Pursuing your happiness is easy when your life is going along as usual. However, an unpredictable unpleasant event such as a diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) slams the brakes on your normal quality of keep reading

The earlier the better. That is the principle behind locating suspected metastasis (spread) of prostate cancer (PCa) anywhere in the body. This includes both soft tissue and bones. The sooner such colonies are identified, treatment plans can be created to extend life... keep reading