Progress Report: David Nanus, MD
Investigator: David Nanus, MD–Professor of Medicine, Professor of Urology, Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College Circulating Tumor Cell Biomarker Discovery of...Read More
Progress Report: Towia Libermann, Ph.D; Alan Rigby, Ph.D
Co-Investigator: Towia Libermann, PhD–Associate Professor, Medicine, Director, Genomics and Proteomics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Director, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Cancer Proteomics Core, Harvard Medical School Co-Investigator:...Read More
Progress Report: Karen Knudsen, Ph.D; Adam Dicker, MD, Ph.D
Co-Investigator: Karen Knudsen, PhD–Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology and Urology at the Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University Co-Investigator: Adam Dicker, MD, PhD–Professor, Chairman of Radiation Oncology, Director of...Read More
Progress Report: Shelton Earp, MD; Joseph Desimone, Ph.D
Co-Investigator: Shelton Earp, MD– Director and Lineberger Professor, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Co-Investigator: Joseph DeSimone, PhD–Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry,...Read More
Progress Report: Cory Abate-Shen, Ph.D
Investigator: Cory Abate-Shen, PhD–Professor of Urology and Pathology, Director of Research, Department of Urology, Associate Director, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Identification of Oncogenic Pathways Conserved from Mouse...Read More
Progress Reports
As part of the award agreement, investigators are expected to make routine progress reports. Members of PCF’s Science Department regularly meet with the award winners to check in on their...Read More
Questions to Ask Before Starting Chemotherapy
Since my PSA is rising again, do we discontinue the androgen deprivation therapy ("hormone therapy")? Why or why not? Are there additional hormone therapy approaches that we should explore? Should...Read More
What Can Go Wrong With the Prostate: Cancer, BPH, and Prostatitis
Prostate cancer isn't the only health issue that can develop with the prostate. Learn about the three most common prostate problems.Read More
Questions to Ask your Doctor: Recurrence of Prostate Cancer
When it is caught early, prostate cancer is usually curable. However, some men may see a return of their cancer, which can occur many years later. Generally, this will be...Read More
Questions to Ask your Doctor: Advanced Stage
If you have been diagnosed with advanced stage prostate cancer (cancer that has metastasized beyond the prostate), your cancer may not be curable at this time, but treatments may slow the...Read More