Late Thursday afternoon, we learned that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) was going to recommend against routine prostate cancer screening by PSA test.
Read MorePSA screening for prostate cancer has recently been the focus of scrutiny in the media, especially following a recent publication in the British Medical Journal. It is thus a good time to take a step back and examine what we know about PSA screening and its relationship to prostate cancer.
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Several recent studies have examined the impact of family history on the development and growth of prostate cancer. What they have found should be of concern to those with family members with prostate cancer. I'll discuss some of these findings in more detail.
Read MoreOne would think that a large, extremely well designed trial that demonstrated a significant benefit for prostate cancer screening would be widely publicized, especially considering all the publicity that surrounded the announcement of early results from two similar trials earlier this year.
Read MoreHe also left behind valuable life lessons about prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is a deadly disease that only afflicts men. In 2009, the American Cancer Society's reported that there were 192,280 new cases of prostate cancer and 27,360 deaths in the United States. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, preceded by lung cancerand is the most common type of cancer for American men, besides skin cancer. It is estimated that one man out of every 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, and one man out of every 35 will die from it.
Read MoreWondering about resuming your sex live after prostate surgery? Dr. Samadi gives the facts. It must be noted and understood that after prostate surgery, you will be able to achieve orgasm; however, you will have no ejaculation since the prostate is no longer available to produce the fluid.
Read More"Doc, my father had prostate cancer. Is there anything I can do to prevent myself from getting it?" It's a question that I'm often asked.
Read MoreLast week, researchers reported that infertile men are at an increased risk for developing aggressive prostate cancer, and I have been getting a lot of questions from my patients, so I decided to answer some of them here for all of you.
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