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BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Dr. Edward Messing tested this premise—that early treatment is superior to delayed treatment—in a study that was reported in The New England Journal of Medicine back in 1999. …
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 …
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 …
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Your PSA is elevated. Now your doctor recommends a needle biopsy, 12 cores through the rectum to check for cancer in the prostate. Sounds icky but also logical …
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Over the last 30 years most attempts to harness the immune system to fight cancer have been disappointing. We now know that these therapeutic attempts failed because they …
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Everyone seems to think that a large prostate is bad. Large glands get blamed for just about any abnormal urinary symptom that occurs: discomfort, slow urination, frequent urination, …
BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD Only 5-15% of men describe their sexual function as “undiminished” after prostate cancer surgery.[1] And I’ll venture that 0% describe it as improved. If you accept any degree …