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Arnold Palmer, legend of golf, passed away leaving a special legacy for us: his support of prostate cancer prevention and treatment. Check out my new article in the Huffington Post in the Wellness section http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cary-a-presant-md/arnold-palmers-lasting-le_b_12420286.html
Prostate cancer occurs in one of every six men in the United States. It is the most frequently cancer diagnosed in men, and it results in one out of every nine cancer deaths in men.
Who is at higher risk of getting prostate cancer? It is
well-known that having a family history of prostate cancer or being African-American results in a higher risk of prostate cancer. Men with those characteristics are usually screened more intensively…
Many men in America are now prostate cancer survivors. But there remains a risk that the cancer can reappear and spread, causing pain and death.
Aspirin can help prevent recurrences of prostate cancer. In patients with an intermediate to high risk of cancer recurrence, aspirin prevented 50% to 80% of prostate cancer reappearance http://nyti.ms/16qtxFg. Aspirin is more frequently being recognized as a preventive of many forms of cancer.
Here are my tips for…
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine (http://nej.md/TRTJQ1) has indicated that over 30 years, the number of early stage breast cancers detected has increased dramatically, but the number of advanced stage cancers detected has reduced only slightly. The implication of this article is that woman should not have mammograms as frequently, since there is “over diagnosis” of breast cancer due to mammograms. The same arguments have been made for PSA screening…
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