Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy has favorable results compared to laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
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Robot prostatectomy has favorable results compared to laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
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PROSTATE HEALTH
How men should eat to protect their prostate
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men other than skin cancer affecting about one in seven men. It is estimated for 2017 in the United States that 161,350 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed with around 26,730 deaths that will occur from this disease.
Read MoreCan You Beat Metastatic Prostate Cancer?
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As men become more educated about screenings, and as the number of options for treatment increase, the words “you have prostate cancer” are becoming less and less of a death sentence. But up until very recently, the words “your cancer has metastasized” were as dire a pronouncement as there was.
Read MoreUnleash the Dogs: Sniffing for Prostate Cancer
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Fun fact: Dogs can smell prostate cancer. A 2014 study showed that trained canines can detect prostate cancer with greater than 97 percent accuracy.
Read MoreA Colorful Test for Prostate Cancer
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If you are a man with prostate cancer, you have higher than normal levels of a protein known as AMACR. What's more, that protein has been linked to the aggressiveness of the cancer, and if your levels of AMACR can be lowered, the growth of your prostate cancer will also slow down commensurately.
Read MoreHow to Beat Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
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Prostate cancer feeds on androgens – male hormones, like testosterone. A common tactic in the battle against prostate cancer is to deprive the cancer of the androgens it craves via androgen deprivation therapy. It won't kill the cancer, but it can slow it down, and against prostate cancer which usually moves glacially anyway, slowing it even more is often enough to checkmate it.
Read MoreTests used to tell if prostate cancer has spread
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Prostate cancer, like all cancers, has the potential to spread or metastasize to other parts of the body. If and when it does, it will typically affect the structures within the immediate area. Most likely prostate cancer will spread to the bones or lymph nodes near the prostate. Other structures of the body it could possibly spread to include the seminal vesicles, urinary bladder, liver, intestines, and rarely, the brain.
Read MoreWhat Bret " The Hitman" Hart's Battles Against Prostate Cancer Can Teach all of US
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Tens of thousands of additional men suffer from the burden of painful metastatic prostate cancer, which can lead to bone fractures, the inability to urinate, spinal cord compression and renal failure.
Read MoreThe best foods for prostate health
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We are always looking for the best foods for our health, and although there are foods that are generally beneficial to our bodies – certain foods are just better for certain things. Let’s take a look at the best foods for men and a healthy prostate:
Read MoreExercise could improve prostate cancer survival
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A new study backed by Cancer Research UK will look into the health benefits of exercise for men with prostate cancer. It is a known fact that exercise keeps our bodies healthy, but the affect it has on prostate cancer has not been researched.
Read MoreWorld renowned robotic prostate cancer surgeon in New York supports new study for use of ConfirmMDx
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Dr. David Samadi is a world renowned prostate cancer surgeon and urologic oncologist in New York. He specializes in the treatment of prostate cancer, as well as other prostate conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia. Dr. Samadi supports new data from MDxHealth suggesting that the diagnostic test, ConfirmMDx, is useful for helping to diagnose or rule out prostate cancer.
Read MoreWhy family history matters
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Many doctors will agree that the most crucial part of the patient interview is obtaining a thorough history which includes a family history. You’ve heard the saying, ‘the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.’ Typically we hear this in relation to different personality traits which might be similar to our parents, grandparents, or other distant family members. But what if we apply this analogy to genetics and inherited disease as well.
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