Knowing Your Family History of Cancer Can Help Guide Treatment
If you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, you may not expect your doctor to ask about your family history of breast or ovarian cancer. But knowing your family history of these and other cancers can be of great value in finding the right treatment.…more
Breast Cancer Survivor, Lillie Shockney, Shares Stories of Caring for Father with Prostate Cancer
When her father first found out he had prostate cancer, Lillie went into “nurse navigator mode”. She shared medical information he could understand. She found the best doctors he could work with. Most of all, she wanted to make sure he stayed in charge.…more
Living Healthy: Exercise Can Benefit Men Under Active Surveillance
For men who have small, slow-growing prostate cancer, the doctor may suggest “active surveillance.” This is a type of close follow-up with periodic lab tests and biopsies. New research finds exercise may have physical and mental benefits for men going through active surveillance.…more
Insights: Genetic Testing and Prostate Cancer
If you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, knowing your family history of cancer can be of great value. Some people have an inherited mutation in a gene that causes prostate cancer.…more
Urology Mythbusters: Fall 2022
Myth topics in this issue include selenium and vitamin e for prostate cancer prevention, connection between prostate and breast cancer and early screening for prostate cancer. …more
Did You Know: You Can Still Have a Good Quality of Life After Prostate Cancer
There’s a good chance your life will go on after a prostate cancer diagnosis. Still, there will be some adjustments you will need to make.…more
Ask the Experts: Fall 2022
Medical experts answer questions about genetic testing, starting a family with a family history of cancer and post-prostatectomy incontinence and ED.…more