Prostate Cancer and You

Thanks to Lorelei Mucci, ScD, MPH, for this interview discussing “The State of Evidence behind Lifestyle and Diet for Prostate Cancer Patients.” Dr. Mucci is the Director of the Cancer Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention Program in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). This podcast is  based on her presentation at the May 15, 2020 MPCC Virtual Symposium. Click here to learn more abou...

Welcome to Prostate Cancer & You, a series of podcasts produced by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition.  Today’s podcast features a compilation of interviews held at the 2019 Jack Colbert Memorial Award Reception at the Harvard Club in Boston in September as part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Participants include the 2019 recipient, Clare Tempany, MD, the 2017 recipient, Marc Garnick, MD, and the 2011 recipient Ri...

Welcome to Prostate Cancer & You, a series of podcasts produced by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition. Today’s podcast features a discussion on health value assessments, drug costs, and the potential implications for men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Interviewed on this topic are Robert Popovian, Doctor in  Pharmacy and Vice President, US Government Relations at Pfizer Inc, and William Smith, PhD, Visiting Fellow on ...

Welcome to Prostate Cancer & You, a series of podcasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition. Today’s podcast features interviews with several attendees and presenters at the 2019 Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition Symposium on May 10. First up is Mark Anthony Hunter of The Goddard School and a member of the MPCC board. Mark’s father had prostate cancer and he discusses the impact it had on his Dad, as ...

Welcome to Prostate Cancer & You, a series of podcasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition. Today’s podcast features an interview with Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School  and co-director of the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Prostate Cancer Center.  On this podcast he discusses the gap in prostate cancer survival of African American men compared to Caucasian men. ...

Welcome to Prostate Cancer & You, a series of podcasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition. Today’s podcast features an interview with Glenn Bubley, MD, director of the Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at the Beth Israel Medical Center  and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the 2009 recipient of the Jack Colbert Memorial Award. On this podcast he discusses the good ...

Welcome to Prostate Cancer & You, a series of podcasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition. Today's podcast features an interview Adam Kibel, MD, chief, Division of Urology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Elliott Carr Cutler professor of surgery in urology, Harvard Medical School. On this podcast he discusses the many changes and advances that have been made in the treatment of prostate canc...

Welcome to Prostate Cancer & You, a series of podcasts sponsored by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition. Today’s podcast features an interview with Aria Olumi, MD, chief of Urologic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the endowed Janet & William DeWolf Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and he serves as the Chair of Research for the American Urological Association. He will be discussing the...

Today’s podcast features interviews with Mark Hedstrom, global director, program commercialization, for Movember, an organization dedicated to funding research and building awareness on prostate cancer and men’s health, and  MPCC Medical Advisory Committee member Richard Lee, MD, PhD,  medical oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a cutting-edge researcher. As his patients have said, “ Dr. Lee’s humanity is as large as h...

Welcome to the first in a series of podcasts entitled Prostate Cancer & You, sponsored by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition. Today’s podcast features an interview with MPCC board members Jason Efstathiou, MD, DPhil, professor at Harvard Medical School and director, Genitourinary Service, Department of Radiation Oncology massgeneral.org, and clinical co-director, The Claire and John Bertucci Center for Genitourinary Ca...