Prostate Cancer Screening
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To Test of Not to Test? Pros, Cons, and the Promise of Genomics in PC
By Ellen Rice Tichich, MFA, MSN, RN-BC with insights from Steve Hentzen
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Cancer Journey Foundations tool to advance early detection
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AUA & SAR consensus on MRI Guided Biopsy
It's clearly better - insist upon it
December 2016
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What to Expect During Your Prostate Exam
Avoiding this puts your health at risk
November 2016
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A story on PSA screening that makes sense
July 2016
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It's time for a new dialog about prostate cancer screening
Can we find a happy medium, whereby lives are saved but needless suffering avoided?
October 18 2016
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Prostate Cancer Isn't Colorblind
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhuman"
July 27 2016
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Number of Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases Soars: U.S. Study
Advanced PC increased 72% in USA in past decade
June 19 2016
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TRUS-biopsy Inferior for PC Detection
MRI infused is superior
June 10 2016
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Advocacy for common sense leads to great win!
May 13 2016
New blood test to provide men more choice and control
Eurpoean scientist make breakthru
April 25 2016
Want more than a PSA and Gleason score to make critical decisions? Here is a great option!
March 2016
New Diagnostic Tools for Prostate Cancer
Holy grail is "liquid biopsy"
December 22 2015
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Prostate cancer test is more reliable if done twice
unnecessary bipsies can be reduced by 60 per cent!!!
December 11 2015
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Our response to the US Prevenative Service Task Force on PSA testing
Hope and pray with us that common sense prevails
November 20 2015
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Extensive info on prostate cancer screening and treatments options
July 16 2015
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Active Surveillance of PC Increasing in the U.S.
use of surveillnace for low-risk went from 7-1% in 2009 to 40% now
July 13 2015
Rate of new prostate cancer diagnoses drops
28% decline following USPSTF move against screening
July 6 2015
Dr. Samadi: New Study on Prostate Cancer is Alarming for Men
"This is a huge mistake" "This is a curablee disease. It's a silent killer. There are no symptoms."
June 27 2015
PSA Testing for PC can be life-saving measure
USPTF PSA testing recommedation results are in, "first increase in PC death rates in over 20 years"
June 18 2015
Urine-based test improves on PSA for detecting PC
New test by University of Michigan has been verified to be more effective
May 18 2015
KCUC Introduces MRI Fusion Technology for Biopsies
Thank you KCUC! Dramaticlly better ways for biopsies in Kansas City
May 17 2015
Aggressive prostate cancer biomarker identified
Discovery of unidentified biomarker that could affect the diagnosis and treatment of the disease
Apr 24 2015
Spare the Needle, Save the Prostate
More proof from Europe that PSA screening works
Mar 26 2015
Europe study shows PSA screening works
3 year reduction in mortality
Mar 21 2015
Bill in congress to reform US Preventive Service Task Force
Three largest urology associations support this legislation
Mar 6 2015
Inappropriate imaging in both breast and prostate cancer
inappropriate imaging is a regional issue
Mar 6 2015
Eugene K. Lee, MD - making sense of it all
Mar 2 2015
Active Surveillance Risk Rises
Fourfold higher 15 year mortality risk
Feb 24 2015
Intermediate and High-Risk Cancers Rise
Prostate cancers have risen since PSA screening guidlines were revised
Feb 24 2015
MRI Improves Prostate Biopsy Accuracy
Prostate biopsies that combine MRI technology with ultrasound appear to give men better information regarding the seriousness of their cancer
Jan 27 2015
Uncovering Cancer's Hiding Places
An ingenious new technique for finding where your prostate cancer is
Jan 9 2015
Swedish Cancer Institute - Jan 2015
Active Surveillance and Multiparametric MRI
Your PSA is "Undetectable" What does that mean?
Jan 8 2015
Easier to detect with new type of MRI
Being able to predict tumor grade using non-invasive imaging could spare some patients for aggressive prostate surgery and allow them to be monitored with scans instead.
Jan 7 2015
Extensive info on prostate cancer screening and treatments options
Dec 31 2014
Men's health screening schedule
What men need to get checked and how often
Jan 8 2008