10 Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer Patients
Prevention & Treatment There are a number of prostate cancer treatments to consider. Here’s what to think about before you make a decision. BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Prostate cancer, like …
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Prostate Vanguard E003: Useful Imaging
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SKIP A BIOPSY? We’ve been talking a lot about the different types of biopsies – targeted vs random and all these new developments. But what’s really …
Alternative Therapies for Prostate Cancer
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Being diagnosed with cancer often stimulates people into action and triggers powerful survival instincts. Numerous purveyors of alternative medicine cater to these natural fears, and in …
Prostate Vanguard E002: No More Random Biopsies
NO MORE RANDOM BIOPSIES. Over a million men get a prostate biopsy every year and quite often, in fact almost always, they are unaware of how dangerous a biopsy can …
Prostate Vanguard E001: Why Prostate Imaging?
Why do we have scans all of a sudden as of 2013 for prostate cancer? We’ve had mammograms for years, we’ve had chest CTs for lung cancer – the problem …
What is a Prostate Vanguard?
Prostate Oncology Specialists in Marina del Rey, CA is leading a movement to help men learn that they have options for their prostate cancer — Dr. Mark Scholz discusses this …
What is Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer?
BY RICHARD LAM, MD Intermediate risk cancers are cancers that tend to grow, but not advanced or not metastatic. Their characteristics of intermediate risk prostate cancer, they tend to be …
What to Consider Before Sharing Your Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD If you are thinking about revealing that you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, whether it’s to a family member, friend, or an acquaintance, you may …
What About Immunotherapy?
BY RICHARD LAM, MD https://youtu.be/P-Ic3AbtxkQ You’ve probably heard it already – it’s the new frontier. Immunotherapy – there are many different medications under the umbrella of immunotherapy. Of course, in …
10 Myths of Prostate Cancer
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD I have cared for prostate cancer patients for more than 20 years. Patients come to me with all kinds of wrong notions. Here are 10 of …