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The 2025 Cancer Health 25: A Salute to Patient Advocates—including The Active Surveillor of all people

Take 2: Why Some Cures Are Worse Than the Disease: The Prostate Cancer Treatment Crisis

The tsunami is coming: Will the whole world finally be watching prostate cancer?

A message from your 'gnarly old uncle Howard' Please read the post by the uro-heretics about the urolological-industrial complex

Medical oncologist's 'kinder, gentler' approach: 'Letter to My New Cancer Patients: What I Want You to Know as We Begin This Journey'

Columnist Dr. Zhou responds to patient advocate's questions on PI-RADS 5

What's The Truth About Prostate Cancer?

Prostate Cancer Screening Debate: Expert Insights on Biden’s Gleason 9 Diagnosis

First 500 registrants cleared to see Dr. Epstein’s return Q&A

An overdose of overdiagnosis: Aussie urologist takes on the debate on whether low-risk prostate 'cancer' actually is cancer

“Who's responsible for covering up Biden's prostate cancer?” List of suspects is long--blogger Dennis Byrne..

Worlds colliding: PSAs, conspiracies, pushback, and the future of presidential politics

Will former President Biden seize a ‘teachable moment’ to raise public awareness of prostate cancer?

Leading medical oncologist discusses ex-President Biden and his Gleason 9 cancer and where things are headed

Biden confirms advanced PCa that has spread. Situation raises many questions.

'Hail Mary'--Showtime for Dr. Epstein's webinar on new news in biopsies. On at noon Eastern today, May 17.

Transrectal biopsy slayer now taking on 'complicated' urinary tract infections

UPDATED: Free webinar Saturday on what's new with prostate biopsies, featuring uropath guru Dr. Jonathan Epstein

Join free webinar Saturday on what's new with prostate biopsies, featuring uropath guru Dr. Jonathan Epstein

Joe Biden's prostate nodule: Could it be PCa? Or something else? Yes and yes.

Uropathology expert Dr. Ming Zhou shares responses to most common Qs from his patients

New urine test beats PSA in detecting early-stage prostate cancers

Can a 'Hail Mary pass' save a small federally funded study on minority men and Active Surveillance?

The ZERO Prostate Cancer's appeal for CDC funding

CDC's PCa work on chopping block--this is getting personal with an AS study

Good news: More men with GG 1 prostate cancer decline surgery to pursue Active Surveillance

Look mom--no gadolinium. And no more claustrophobia? New approaches coming to improve Active Surveillance experience

Uropathologist Jonathan Epstein presents update on prostate biopsies May 17

Must-read: Famed urologist gives scoop on low-risk prostate cancer and why PCa has surpassed breast cancer in the UK

You gotta' have heart--saving lives and prostate glands

On-again, off-again lesions on MRI scan? Dr. Westphalen responds.

Can MRIs replace confirmatory biopsies? Depends on your Grade Group.

Breaking: Home spit test may 'turn tide' on diagnosing prostate cancer, UK researchers say in NEJM

Just another little prick! It is blood test time again! 😳 Laughing your prostate off with Mark Stevenson

New columnist Dr. Shee explains PSA velocity--at the speed of the internet

Breaking: Transperineal biopsies find more prostate cancer, but also cause patients more pain and embarrassment

'Cave Men' small groups on Active Surveillance growing: Why not join us?

Breaking News at European Association of Urology: Micro-Ultrasound Meets, Beats MRIs

UK Campaigns: Fighting Prostate Cancer on the Beaches, Landing Grounds. 'We Shall Not Surrender.' Could this be overkill?

Top doc gives ProState (Cancer) State of the Union

Absence of cribriform or IDC appears to 'downgrade' aggressiveness of GG 2 but doesn't make risks equal to GG 1, says Zhou

More to managing low-risk PCa than looking at life expectancy: researcher

Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours? How to respond to ZERO's appeal to your Congressional delegation on funding cuts

Dr. Geo: 'My Own PSA Experience: A Lesson in Patient-Stimulated Anxiety'

Worlds collide: 'Trendy' columnist diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer as PCa rates in UK reach record highs

Sniffing out prostate cancer: Could dogs, e-noses replace biopsies?

Uropathologist Epstein flying solo in brand-new New York City practice

Adding systematic prostate biopsies to targeted biopsy unnecessary, new UCSF study

Lessons learned: Retired college prof's Active Surveillance journey

On Valentine's Day 2005 I nearly died from a 'widowmaker' heart attack--I was 57 but have lived to see another 20 years and counting

For women only: Team up with the Wolinskys against prostate cancer

An occasional series on the environment: LA & Canada are burning. Wildfire links to PCa

Happy 3rd anniversary to The Active Surveillor community: An annual report

The 'anxiety bomb'--CANCER!-- and how some doctors are trying to remove the 'C word' from GG1 & Ductal carcinoma in situ

Perverse incentives: The scent of money and its effects on urologists and other surgeons

Past time for all PCa patients to undergo germline genetic testing. Let's spit for science and our health.

Want to use diet to slow progression of low-risk PCa? Johns Hopkins researchers say you don't have to be a vegan or vegetarian to succeed

He's baaaaack: Top pathologist Dr. Jonathan Epstein updates AS audience

Genetic classifiers have potential, but need more research for men considering AS and other management approaches, VA researchers

Incidence of PCa nipping at heels of BrCa. But BrCa wins race for research bucks.

To Founding Members: 'Active Surveillance 2025: Year In Review' video available

'Active Surveillance 2025: Year In Review' video available for those who registered

Breaking news: Deliberate cover-up of DoD Secretary's prostate cancer, Inspector General report reveals

MRI-invisible man shares his story

Tale of two different 'animals': MRI-visible and MRI-invisible lesions

Harvard newsletter lays out pros and cons of renaming Gleason 6/GG 1 as a noncancer

Welcome to Prostate Cores, my new Substack newsletter

PCa news story of 2024: Defense Sec.'s dual wars on terrorism and prostate cancer

Part II: New Year's resolutions for AS patients

Thanks to all who attended "AS25"

Part I: New Year's resolutions for AS patients

Hopkins researchers: Confirmatory biopsies can be deferred in men diagnosed with low-risk PCa considering AS but who have negative MRI scans