September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. 

Men often ask Dr. Pohlman about when it will be the right time for them to start getting checked for prostate cancer. For this episode, we circle back to Episode 32, where Dr. Matt Cooperberg, from the University of California, San Francisco, spoke about prostate cancer screening. The way that men get screened for prostate cancer continues to evolve. Today, Dr. Cooperberg answers all your burning questions and explains how you can be smarter when it comes to detecting prostate cancer. Stay tuned for more!

Dr. Cooperberg earned his MD and MPH degrees at Yale University, and he completed his residency in urology and fellowship in urologic oncology at UCSF. At the end of his training, Dr. Cooperberg joined the faculty at UCSF, where he maintains busy clinical practices at the UCSF Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the San Francisco VA Medical Center. He has written or contributed to over 350 research articles. Through his clinical and research efforts, he continues to lead the way for a paradigm shift for smarter prostate cancer screening with rational and risk-stratified prostate cancer screening, as well as appropriate risk-stratified treatment strategies. Stay tuned for more!

Disclaimer: The Prostate Health Podcast is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this podcast should be construed as medical advice. By listening to the podcast, no physician-patient relationship has been formed. For more information and counseling, you must contact your personal physician or urologist with questions about your unique situation. 

Show highlights:

• Dr. Cooperberg reviews how commonly prostate cancer occurs.
• How prostate cancer is detected.
• How prostate cancer screening has evolved over the years.
• Dr. Cooperberg explains what smart prostate screening is.
• When low-risk prostate cancer gets found with smart screening, it does not get treated.
• The benefits of smart prostate screening.
• The tests Dr. Cooperberg prefers for finding more information and deciding whether or not to do a biopsy.
• The age at which Dr. Cooperberg typically recommends men start undergoing prostate cancer screening.
• How long do men need to keep on getting screened for prostate cancer as they get older?
• Dr. Cooperberg describes the patients he views as ideal candidates for active surveillance.
• Dr. Cooperberg discusses his currently preferred active surveillance protocol.

 

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