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How is the Prostate Gleason Score Graded? Your Biopsy and Gleason Score Part 2

February 1, 2023

Geoff McLennan, Prostate Cancer Survivor and Advocate In part one of this blog series, I explained the different types of prostate biopsies availa...

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Types of Prostate Biopsies: Your biopsy and Gleason score Part 1

January 23, 2023

Geoff McLennan, Prostate Cancer Survivor and Advocate A urologist will usually, but not always, suggest a biopsy of your prostate when there is reason ...

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Patient PSA Test Primer: Best times to test and how to prepare

January 6, 2023

Geoff McLennan, Prostate Cancer Survivor and Advocate As men enter, or race, into middle-age, and their doctors add another level of care, the first of ma...

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Patient Prostate Cancer Journey Part 3: Shared Decision-Making Benefits to Prostate Cancer Treatment

December 1, 2022

A transparent, confident relationship with your urologist is important not only for your current health, but for your future health outcomes. The good new...

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Patient Prostate Cancer Journey Part 2: Getting to Active Surveillance

November 17, 2022

In my prior post, I described my surprising journey to an initial prostate diagnosis of hgpin, short for high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia. H...

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Patient Prostate Cancer Journey Part 1: A Urology Exam Reveals Unexpected Results

November 1, 2022

The day began positively average and uneventful. Dressed and ready for work, I mentioned to my wife, "I'll be home a bit later than usual - I have an appo...

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Genetic Testing Changed My Life

September 4, 2020

After a visit with his family doctor, John Earp had a PSA of 13.96. With this new possible diagnosis of prostate cancer, he began to worry thinking about his e...

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“I Did Get This Gene Mutation from My Dad”

July 2, 2019

  Ed Hoppe is a patient with prostate cancer who received genetic testing with the Myriad myRisk Hereditary Cancer test. From this test, he discove...

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“Gene Mutations Don’t Discriminate Between Men and Women”

June 4, 2019

Recently we shared a story about Ed Hoppe and his prostate cancer. After Ed’s diagnosis, he received genetic testing and learned about a mutation in ...

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