My 15 seconds of fame

My so-called Gleason 6 cancer makes the news in Chicago

By Howard Wolinsky

The Chicago Tribune did a great story on the controversy over whether Gleason 6 should be considered cancer: https://bit.ly/3MhwX6t (Sorry, paywall.)

Then, I get a call from Lauren Petty, health reporter for NBC Channel 5, who said, “You’re a star” and invited me to appear on her story about the proposed change in my so-called cancer to a non-cancer. It was a 15-minute interview. I’ll get my 15 seconds at 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Central tonight, April 20.

(I told Lauren I have always been a star.)

(Jeff and Lauren NBC 5)

Lauren asked all the right questions. She is a grad of Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (Go Cats.) so that’s no surprise. (No, she was not one of my students.)

She has to squeeze in interviews with Dr. Scott Eggener, of U Chicago, my co-author of an article that appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, on this topic, and Dr. William Catalona, the famed surgeon at Northwestern (Go Cats), who took the other side.

(Cimone takes a watchful eye on the proceedings)

So the issue is finally getting an airing.

I am running a survey on whether Gleason 6 should be relabeled as a noncancer.

Urgent: I’d like you to share your opinion in the comments and answer the survey: “Should the cancer label be removed from Gleason 6?”: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZQHDQYK.

Only 27 answers so far: