PSA Screening Flowchart
For decades the random 12-core biopsy has been the standard of care for diagnosing prostate cancer. What most men don’t know is that random biopsy can be dangerous and its …
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 …
PROSTATE PROS Episode 4: Six, Not a Bad Score
Listen: https://soundcloud.com/prostate-oncology/six-not-a-bad-score “There’s rapid progress ongoing in the prostate cancer world and new treatments are being developed all the time. One of the major advantages of active surveillance is postponing …
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 …
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 …
Stay Away from Random Prostate Biopsy
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD The Limitations of PSA PSA is nonspecific. Meaning it doesn’t distinguish between the harmless, low-grade type of prostate cancer that can be watched and the higher-grade …
Advances in Testing for Prostate Cancer
When I was 10 years old, my mother lost a close friend to cancer. I was too young to know anything about serious illness, but when I asked her why …
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 …
Is It Possible to Substitute a Scan for Prostate Biopsy?
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD There are two different ways to do a prostate biopsy – targeted and random. The random 12-core prostate biopsy is standard and has been in use for over …