You may not think of pancakes as a health food….and, indeed, if you’re thinking of a giant stack of white-flour hotcakes slathered in butter and syrup, you’d be right! But there are many variations. Here, we will discuss some of…
If you’ve been following PCF and reading about prostate cancer for a while, you have probably heard that broccoli is good for your prostate. Let’s dive into the science behind this thinking. This is a good time to review some…
What this means for patients: Today, a new type of prostate cancer scan known as 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET was approved by the FDA. This new “PSMA PET” scan can detect prostate cancer metastases much earlier, when they are much smaller, which…
To the growing list of strategies for attacking prostate cancer, let us add this approach: Whack-a-Mole. That’s how Johns Hopkins radiation oncologist Phuoc Tran, M.D., Ph.D., describes it to his patients. The actual scientific name for this highly sophisticated strategy…
If you’re a young man diagnosed with prostate cancer, maybe your first thought is, “Am I going to die?” And then, “What’s the best way to treat this?” And then: “Will I ever get my life back?” And here’s the…
At the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, promising results were reported from a phase 2/3 clinical trial testing the accuracy of a new prostate cancer imaging method — PSMA-PET — for detecting sites of prostate cancer…
My husband Jeff was already the best example of manhood I know. He’s the best friend, partner and father I could ask for. When he was diagnosed with cancer we assumed it was a blip, an oddity. No one could…
I am actually sharing this story on behalf of my ex-boyfriend and his mother whose father/husband, Steve Cole, who I knew and loved dearly from diagnosis to death. He was such a light in so many people’s lives and the…
Imagine you’re lying on a chair at the dentist’s office, and the dentist says, “You’ve got a cavity, and decay is inevitable. We’ll just wait and pull all your teeth in a few years.” Like the poor gentleman in “Monty…
New York, NY (May 4, 2017)—Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have discovered a molecular mechanism that reprograms tumor cells in patients with advanced prostate cancer, reducing their response to anti-androgen therapy. The findings, based on a study in mice,…
