Please note that there is a
Active Surveillance
- Johns Hopkins, June 25, 2013: Active Surveillance May Miss Aggressive Cancers in Black Men
Diet, General Health and Supplements
- Dr. GEO, 2014: Cancer Fitness and Exercise, Prostate Cancer Fitness
- Medical News Today, 1 May 2014: Vitamin D deficiency may predict aggressive prostate cancer
- Dr. Weil : Dr. Weil’s Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid,
- UsNews Health, Feb. 21, 2013: Blood Thinners May Boost Survival, but too early to recommend.
- Medical Press, Jan. 25, 2013: Prostate cancer cells thrive on stress
- Oct. 18, 2012: No effect of daily multi-vitamin on PCa risk
- Dr. Geo’s Natural Health Blog, Oct. 7, 2012: Do you think fish protects against PCa?
- Gizmag, July 24, 2011: FDA approves Viberect device for treatment of erectile dysfunction
- Medscape Today, Feb 24, 2011: “Mounting Evidence That Agent Orange Exposure Ups Prostate Cancer Risk“
- Nutra, Mar 7, 2011: “Fish Oil May Help Cancer Patients’ Fight Muscle Wastage“
- MNT, June 10, 2011: “FDA: Finasteride and Dutasteride Raise Risk of High-Grade PCa“
- Cnn Health, June 23, 2011: Smoking linked to more aggressive prostate cancer
- Washington Post, September 26, 2010: $93,000 Cancer drug: How much is life worth (Provenge)
- New York Times, September 27, 2010: “Regulators Call Health Claims in Pom Juice Ads Deceptive“
- Chews4HealthInc., Dec. 30, 2009: “Farm raised vs. wild salmon“
- Medical News Today, Dec. 13, 2010: Pomegranate Components That Could Stop Cancer From Spreading
- Wall Street Journal, Nov. 30, 2010: Triple That Vitamin D Intake, Panel Prescribes
- GaeTimes, July 13, 2010: “How Broccoli Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk“
- Am. J. Epidemiology, July 1, 2010: “Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer“
[Footnote to test results by LabCorp: “Recent studies consider the lower limit of 32.0 ng/mL to be a threshold for optimal health” . It also shows 32.0 to 100.0 as the “Reference Interval,” i.e., the normal range.]
Early Detection/Biopsies/Staging
- J. Urology, Dec. 2011: Prostate Size, a Predictor for Gleason Score Upgrades
- EurekAlert, Apr 6, 2011: “New prostate screening test gives more accurate diagnosis“
- DukeHealth.org, Jan 20, 2016: “Baseline PSA Predicts Risk of Death from Prostate Cancer
General
- The LANCET, Dec. 2014: European Trial after 13 years
- WebMD, Oct. 2014: High Cholesterol and Prostate Cancer Return
- Medical News Today, 1 May 2014: Vitamin D deficiency may predict aggressive prostate cancer
- USA Today, Sept. 23, 2012: Men have more options in PCa treatments
- Medical Press, Jan. 25, 2013: Prostate cancer cells thrive on stress
- American Society of Cancer Oncology (ASCO), 2011: Cancer Survivorship (ASCO- pdf)
- Science Daily, Jan. 4, 2010: “PSA Value at 2 Years Post-Treatment Can Predict Long-Term Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients”
- New York Times, June 5, 2009: My Brief Life as a Woman (Editor: A “Must Read” for all of you on Hormones)
Treatments
Cryogenic Surgery
- Johns Hopkins, Jan. 22, 2016: Cryotherapy Plus Immunotherapy May equal New Hope for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
- ProstaCancerInfolink, July 22, 2011: Cryo surgery as first-line therapy in patients > 75
- Patient Power, Nov. 12, 2012: Sequencing of Advanced PCa Therapies
- HealthDay, May 16, 2012: Advanced Cancer Drug May Help at Earlier Stage
- Wall Street Journal, Feb. 1, 2012: Gaining on Prostate Cancer (Advanced PCa)
- Journal Oncology, Jan. 17, 2012: Advanced PCa: Drug Sequencing and Novel Approaches
- Medical News Today, Dec. 15, 2010: XGEVA™ (Denosumab) Significantly Improved Bone Metastasis-Free Survival
Radiation
- ProstateCancerInfolink, May 8, 2013: AUA/ASTRO Guidelines for Radiation After Prostatectomy
- Apr. 6, 2010: Should PSA levels be “undetectable” at 5 years after successful brachytherapy?
- Urology, September 2009 Edition: Urinary Side Effects and Complications After Permanent Prostate Brachytherapy: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience
Surgery
- Johns Hopkins: “Robotic Prostatectomy”
- J. Urology, March 2012: Excellent Survival Rates After Surgery for Men > 64 with Low-Risk PCa
- ProstateCancerInfolink, June 29, 2011: Can ultrasensitive PSA at 3 years post-surgery project delayed BCR?
- emedicine, Sept. 28, 2010: “Laparoscopic and Robotic Prostatectomy”
- ProstateCancerInfoLink, Mar. 29, 2010: Should prostate cancer patients start doing Kegels before surgery?
“New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink, Feb. 10, 2010: “Surgery for lymph node-positive prostate cancer: a second look” [based on 2010 paper by Munich Cancer Registry]
Treatment Comparisons
- ProstateCancerInfolink, Jan. 31, 2013: Functional Outcomes of RP and RT treatments performed in 1994/95.
- ProstateCancerInfoLink, August 16: “RP vs. EBRT vs. ADT as first-line therapy for localized prostate cancer” [Editor: The data are based on treatments between 1996 and 2008; treatment technologies have improved dramatically over the last 15 years]
- ProstateCancerInfolink, Jan. 31, 2013: Functional Outcomes of RP and RT treatments performed in 1994/95.
- Urology Times, July 1, 2012: 15 year survival after RP and RT.
Da Vinci System
Cyberknife
Data from European Screening Trial