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Prebiopy MRIs in UK led to fewer men undergoing unnecessary biopsies, allowing patients to avoid unnecessary diagnosis and unnecessary Active Surveillance

PCa Xmas miracle revisited--how 'Santa CDC' came down the chimney with $1 million gift to research Active Surveillance

Prebiopsy MRI study offers strong reassurance that patients can safely skip risky biopsies, German researchers report

Just saying: Why not come to the Jan. 4 webinar on 'AS '25'?

High-profile patients and how they manage news about their low-risk prostate cancer

Travel author Rick Steves takes us along on his prostate cancer 'journey'

UCLA researchers report low omega-6/ high-omega 3 diet with fish oil supplement slows cancer cell growth in AS patients

Transperineal biopsies on rise, TheActiveSurveillor.com survey

Special message: Time to register for "AS 2025: The Year in Review" on Jan. 4

Ramping up for 'Active Surveillance 2025' webinar--hope you're coming to hear leaders in the field on Jan. 4

Reflecting on 14 years on AS for low-risk PCa

Pay it forward: Register for Jan. 4 prostate webinar (AS '25) and--Pay It Forward, gift a friend with a free pass

Breaking news! Former ESPN star reporter 'Woj' reveals he has low-risk prostate cancer

What's in a medical guideline? Maybe less than you might think.

Pollyanna and the hard realities of spousal/partner support for patients on Active Surveillance

Special note to paid subscribers: Please register for the Jan. 4 webinar

Special note: Don't forget to register for your free pass for the Jan. 4 webinar.

Surveillance rising in patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, especially among patients having a PSA of 10 or less

A couple's disease: 'We have prostate cancer'

An occasional series the environment: Pesticides linked to prostate cancer

British director Steve McQueen shares his prostate cancer story, urging men to be screened

Breaking: Renowned uropathologist Dr. Jonathan Epstein to appear on panel at TheActiveSurveillor's Jan.4 webinar

Overtreatment of prostate cancer on the rise in older patients, study in 'Active Surveillance era' finds

Researchers recommend patients be counseled about potential long-term adverse effects before aggressive PCa treatment AND before PSA screening

UCSF's Dr. Matt Cooperberg: Why some prostate cancers shouldn’t be called ‘cancer’

Finding a balance in detecting and overdetecting prostate cancers

Prostate cancer: Overtesting and overreatment--a review of two classic books by an American living in Japan

AI expert joins the panel for Active Surveillance 2025

AI expert joins the panel for Active Surveillance 25

Chapter II: CDR Mike "Bing" Crosby (USN ret.) and his clash with the military-prostate cancer-industrial complex

Hopkins' AS program head Dr. Pavlovich to be on TheActiveSurveillor panel on Jan. 4

'Eating right' can help Active Surveillors avoid progression of Gleason scores

Prostate cancer taking a political direction in 2024 election? Harris offers an October PCa surprise for Black men. Trump should follow.

Lifting the 'burden of AS' with prebiopsy MRIs & biomarkers to avoid unnecessary biopsies, diagnoses, treatment

TheActiveSurveillor announces "AS25," first event for founding subscribers for Jan. 4, 2025

TheActiveSurveillor announces "AS25," first event for paid subscribers for Jan. 4

Prebiopsy MRIs get strong support in new Scandinavian study

Master pathologist Ming Zhou puts MRIs under his microscope

Time to stop calling Gleason 6 cancer? Time to call it 'acinar neoplasm'?

New OTC treatment for ED. Will it displace 'those little blue pills' as 1st-line treatment?

As Prostate Cancer Awareness Month winds down, bad news: Mike 'Bing' Crosby supends operations of his group advocating for vets with prostate cancer

Commentary: Beyond time for U.S. patients to rise up against sepsis risks and transrectal biopsies. No more men need to die. Let's move the needle.

Emotional distress Down Under from prostate cancer--supporting research in Europe, North America

Presidential candidate Harris sports Prostate Cancer Awareness Month ribbon. Will former Prez Trump join suit?

Bosox Boggs racks up another impressive stat--Gleason 7. But should he undergo AS rather than radiation?

Waiting for guidelines supporting transperineal biopsies in America? Is it akin to the absurdist play 'Waiting for Godot'?

Meditating on the cancer journey

Travel guru Rick Steves' prostate cancer 'adventure' continues here

Rick Steves reveals he has "good kind" of prostate cancer. But if that's so, why is he undergoing prostate surgery next month?

AI mapping prostate cancer increasing accuracy of treatment but also helps in AS decisions, reducing the number of biopsies

Who cares? Caregiver vs. care parter? What do you think?

The COVID-NADO and lessons I've learned about caregivers. We need them, even for Active Surveillance

Breaking: ArteraAI Prostate Test now available to guide choice between Active Surveillance and aggressive treatment

Internist/blogger with advanced prostate cancer shares his views of active surveillance

MSK researchers offer primer on PSA, provide steps before rushing in for biopsies

Breaking news! Movember Foundation's GAP3 study shows safety of Active Surveillance good and on the rise

My 36 minutes, 9 seconds of AS fame--Down Under on GU Cast Urology Podcast

Dan Dressen's six-year active surveillance journey--and still counting

Life and death along the path of active surveillance: Reminder high-risk PCa can lurk behind 'benign' diagnosis

Vermiculations

Artificial intelligence, urology and your health: Please fill out the survey by Sept. 1 and help research on AI

Changing your luck with 2nd opinions: The Charles Brown III story

British comedian with PCa launches 'C-word' podcast with other A-listers on the funnier side of cancer. Yes, it's funny, k?

2nd opinions on 2nd opinions. Patient gets hat trick of opinions, radically alters his Gleason, PI-RADS, and treatment plan

Prostate cancer poetry in motion: The Big C and the roads taken--or not

Fabled crab fisherman chasing“Deadliest Catch” yet—prostate cancer

RIP: Dr. John McDougall, controversial advocate for plant-based diet to prevent prostate cancer and other chronic diseases

King Charles III honors active monitoring pioneer, Dr. Freddie Hamdy as CBE

Stand By Me--anthem through our generations--'60s boppers to '80s movie fans, and now caregivers in the roaring '20s

Breaking News! 'Shootout' at the MRI Corral: Bots and AI beat expert radiologists

Sweet Jesus: Study shows 'one toke over the line' helps lower risk of prostate cancer.

A total eclipse of the heart--and the prostate. But you can do something about it.

Master pathologist Zhou continues his primer on prostate biopsies

Breaking News!! Brits present game-changing spit test to help determine when, and if, to start screening for prostate cancer

Breaking AS News!! Active Surveillance safety gets a big boost

Part 2: Up yours. The case against DREs.

Bill Walton died from colon, NOT prostate cancer.

BREAKING NEWS! A Seinfeld-style cancer about nothing? Or is there something more serious to Kramer's 'Stage 1' Prostate Cancer?

Part 1: Up yours. The case for DREs.

Master pathologist offers a primer on prostate biopsy

PCa tackles another prominent NFL figure: A.J. Smith, winning coach of LA Chargers.

AS pioneers decode famed researcher's PCa scare, declare Active Surveillance safe option

Of biopsies, MRIs, DREs, & PSAs: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Is AS safe? Can exercise help low-risk prostate cancers? Yes, and yes. Read more. And join upcoming webinars, k?

How you can help your radiologist get better MRIs results to prostate cancer diagnosis.

Inquiring minds want to know: Famed author Rushdie escaped a fatwa-crazed assassin's knife. But would his prostate escape the surgeon's knife?

UPDATED--Aftermath of the Collins' case: AnCan webinar on April 29 on the safety of Active Surveillance

Urine test shown to help as many as half of patients with Gleason 3+4 or higher avoid imaging and biopsies, researchers report

Remain calm: Prominent doctor's PCa became a Snarling Tiger overnight. But that's not likely to happen to you.

BREAKING News: Top doc Francis Collins, former NIH director, shares his advanced PCa journey

BREAKING News!! O.J. dead from PCa

PSA risk levels could help men avoid frequent PSAs and reduce emotional distress, German researchers suggest

Does "T" fuel the fire of cancer? More research needed on testosterone, but T not ruled out in patients on Active Surveillance

Harvard researchers confirm value of approach to avoid unnecessary biopsies by using MRIs and PSA Density

Docs, here comes the judge: Don't worry about malpractice suits for recommending AS, but do worry about not recommending AS

Inquiring minds want to know: Does frequent ejaculation reduce risk for prostate cancer?

Expert deep dives Decipher, Prolaris, GPS, Artera AI--tests to guide prostate cancer decisions

Pathologists keeping eye out for a 'bad actor' known as intraductal carcinoma--not recommended for Active Surveillance

U.S. debate on transperineal vs. transrectal drags on despite randomized trials

Decipher gets boost in guidelines in molecular genomics derby for testing prostate cancer

Stockholm3 test coming to head off unnecessary biopsies

AI future impact on PCa: Bye-bye active surveillance for Gleason 6, hello AS for Gleason 8? Will the Gleason score and pathologist be replaced?

Like Xmas in July: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month comes seven months early

Hot off the presses: Epstein era at Johns Hopkins ends. Famed uropathologist moving on

Bill Manning named new ASPI honcho

Caveat emptor (Let the buyer beware): Focal therapy for Gleason 6 diagnosis

Shining some light on diets to slow lower-risk prostate cancer--don't forget to exercise

A rural Kansas active surveillance patient shares his story as a medical migrant

"Making the difference" as an advocate--PCRI

"The Juice" diagnosed with prostate cancer--but how bad is it?

'Signs and wonders': The mystery of the disappearing prostate cancer lesions

This just in: King Charles diagnosed with a type of cancer after BPH. Not prostate cancer? But what is it?

Open letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from the Prostate Cancer Community

Just in: U.S. Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin fesses up on being 'gut punched' and keeping U.S. in dark

News from ASCO meeting: New blood test finds more metastatic cancers, reduces overdiagnosis/overtreatment low-risk. Also, debate on low-risk GL6 goes to status quo.

Why Prostate Cancer Testing and Treatment is a Public Health Disaster--How the herd mentality created a false prostate cancer narrative.

When is a cancer not a cancer? Wall Street Journal asks as the Gleason 6 debate goes mainstream

PCa news ripped from the headlines: MLK Jr.'s son dies, Chicago Cubs' Hall of Famer diagnosed with metastatic disease

Two POV's on Defense Secretary's dilemma: the 'emasculating journey' and prostate cancer privacy vs. public right to know

Scanning headlines: King Charles undergoing BPH treatment next week--Can a cuppa fix a royal pain? And American Cancer Society reports PCa rates up again.

You got questions? Pathologist Zhou has answers.

Open Letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin from the Prostate Cancer Community

The fog of cancer, secrecy, and the right to privacy: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's 'lapse of judgment' reverberates

As mysteriously as he disappeared last May, Dr. Jonathan I. Epstein resurfaces, calling for 'empowering patients'

Breaking news: Defense Secretary Austin gets hospitalized secretly twice--for a prostatectomy and complications. Biden kept out of the loop.

Part 2: Mighty hard row for medical migrant on AS: Hours and hours on the road, miles to go

New Year's resolution: Find time to be grateful, especially if you're on AS

Part 1 Urology's 'Dust Bowl': The prostate cancer journey, a mighty hard row in rural America