Most prostate cancers are slow-growing and do not behave like a cancer at all. This is particularly so for the very common Gleason 6 “cancer” which which lacks the hallmarks of a cancer. This knowledge has lead some doctors to warn against routine prostate cancer screenings and automatic treatment. However, for men with the less […]
Gleason 6 Prostate “Cancer”
The Gleason 6 The Gleason 3+3=6 prostate “cancer”, although called a cancer, fails to behave like a cancer. The Gleason 6 is the most commonly diagnosed prostate “cancer” and, on both clinical and molecular biology levels, the Gleason 6 “cancer” LACKS the hallmarks of a cancer. The Gleason 6 “cancer” is NOT a healthrisk, lacks […]
PROSTATE CANCER UPGRADING: more fearmongering
Prostate cancer upgrading means that a prostate cancer grade and score (or measure of prostate cancer aggressiveness) found in a surgically removed prostate gland can, sometimes, be of a higher grade than diagnosed in the initial needle biopsy of the prostate. This socalled upgrading phenomenon is marketed by urologists to imply that prostate cancer upgrading […]
Study Finds MRI Accurate Predictor of LowRisk Prostate Cancer
Is watchful waiting the best choice for prostate cancer patients? According to a recent study from the Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center in New York City, published in the Journal of Urology,prostate MRI testing can help doctors decide whether or not this less invasive option is the right way to approach a lowrisk prostate cancer patient. […]
MRI May Reduce Need for Prostate Biopsy
Prostate biopsies are one of the only ways to predict an aggressive cancer, but they are painful, inconvenient and somewhat inaccurate. A report from Dr. Ahmed Haddad, fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, presented at the American Urological Association annual meeting showed that multiparametric MRI scans following a suggestive PSA […]
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