Howard Wolinsky

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Study Gives Clinical Edge to Transperineal Prostate Biopsies

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: March 28, 2025

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A Better Biopsy for Prostate Cancer?

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: March 28, 2025

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MRI-Invisible Prostate Lesions: Are They Dangerous?

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: January 9, 2025

MRI-invisible prostate lesions are real. And what these lesions may, or may not, indicate is the subject of intense debate.

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Artera Launches AI Test for Decision-Making on Prostate Cancer Treatment Course

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: August 7, 2024

The test estimates how a patient’s cancer may progress and predicts the benefit of treatment for localized prostate.

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High-Dose Prednisone Can Reduce Rate of Pregnancy Post-Vasectomy

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: May 10, 2024

The findings were “a real shock,” Dr. Landon Trost said.

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Office Procedure Found to Get Stone Fragments Rolling

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: May 10, 2024

An experimental handheld ultrasonic device used in an office setting was shown to guide residual

OTC Solution for Erectile Dysfunction?

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: May 7, 2024

The product is a gel that the FDA considers to be a device.

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Prostate Cancer Tsunami Coming, Experts Caution

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: April 5, 2024

Expert suggests approaches for enabling earlier diagnosis of prostate cancer in men in low- to middle-income countries.

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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Evidence-Based or Oversold?

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: February 20, 2024

Richard LaFrate’s urologist asked him to pay $25,000 out of pocket to undergo a focal procedure at a clinic in the Bahamas.

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Plant-Based Diet a Boon for Men With Prostate Cancer

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: February 14, 2024

A diet of fresh vegetables and fruit with few animal-based products is linked to reduced risk for recurrent prostate cancer, says study.

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CMS Okays Payment for Novel AI Prostate Test

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: January 16, 2024

The test improves risk stratification or prognostication over standard clinical and pathologic tools, says expert.

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Active Surveillance for Low-Risk PCa: Sprint or Marathon?

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: January 5, 2024

For some men, the strategy can prove to be short-lived, perhaps 5 years or less , or a life-long approach lasting until the man dies from another c...

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Enzalutamide improves metastasis-free survival, QoL in prostate cancer

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: October 24, 2023

“This is the first time we have seen this kind of results with a novel hormonal therapy without castration.”

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Is this the best screening test for prostate cancer?

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: September 11, 2023

Researchers from the United Kingdom found that half of men with apparently “safe” PSA levels had clinically significant prostate cancers when multi...

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Predicting prostate cancer risk: Are polygenic risk scores ready for prime time?

Author:: Howard Wolinsky

Publish date: September 6, 2023

“A polygenic risk score estimates your risk by adding together the number of bad cards you were dealt by the impact of each card, such as an ace ve...