On this edition of Your Call, we look at the alarming rise in rates of prostate cancer across the country. Nearly one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime and, as a new UCSF study of patients in California reveals, significantly more of these cases are being diagnosed at an advanced stage.
What explains this significant rise? What do we need to know about causes, prevention, and testing?
Guests:
Dr. Samuel Washington III, urologic surgeon specializing in oncology, Assistant Professor of Urology and the Goldberg-Benioff Endowed Professorship in Cancer Biology at UCSF, and co-author of the new UCSF study, Trends in Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates
Dr. Marc Garnick, renowned expert in medical oncology and urologic cancer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Editor-in-Chief of the HMS Report on Prostate Diseases
Resources:
JAMA Network Open: Trends in Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates
Harvard Medical School: HMS Report on Prostate Diseases
KQED: Advanced Prostate Cancer is Surging in California. Here’s What You Need to Know
The San Francisco Chronicle: California sees an ‘alarming’ rise in advanced prostate cancer, UCSF study finds
American Cancer Society: Key Statistics for Prostate Cancer
UCSF: Prostate Cancer Study — More Health Benefits from Plant-Based Diet
