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Elevated / High Risk / Intermediate Risk / Low Risk / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer / Stages

Multiparametric MRI and Color Doppler Ultrasound

For decades the random 12-core biopsy has been the mainstay for diagnosing prostate cancer.  Unfortunately, there is a slew of problems that comes with random biopsy, including misdiagnosis, infection, and …

Low Risk / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer / Sky / Stages / Teal

Active Surveillance

BY MARK SCHOLZ,MD A Cancer that Can be Watched If someone tells you your cancer can be watched instead of treated, your initial reaction might be that they have no …

Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer / Undiagnosed

Avoid Random Biopsy: PSA Screening Flowchart

Elevated PSA does not point specifically to prostate cancer; it is only an indication that further investigation is necessary.  Each year one million men are biopsied when they do not …

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Prostate Vanguard E006: Active Surveillance Scanning and Testing

The process of Active Surveillance, the way we practice in Marina del Rey, is to perform a PSA blood test every three months and plot these results on a graph, …

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Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer

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 …

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Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer / Undiagnosed

Why Early Prostate Cancer Is Symptom-Free

BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Google keeps track of what is searched most frequently. Since prostate cancer is common, it’s hardly surprising that people who research aches or pains “down there” …

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PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer, Not for the Ill-Informed

BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD There is a real danger that PSA screening will lead to overtreatment. The government, having studied this situation, has therefore recommended dropping PSA screening altogether. This proposal doesn’t …

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Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer / Undiagnosed

Evaluate PSA with Imaging, Not Random Biopsy: Avoiding Unnecessary Radical Treatment

BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men.  While some types of prostate cancer are life-threatening, some types are not.  Recent media reports …

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Elevated / Newly Diagnosed / Prostate Cancer / Undiagnosed

The Meaning of PSA

BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD As men get older, they almost all develop enlargement of the prostate.  Invariably, PSA rises as a result.  PSA comes both from the prostate gland and …

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