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Delayed Routine Cancer Screening: Know These Cancer Signs and Symptoms

Apr 22, 2020 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Most routine cancer screenings are being delayed during the COVID pandemic to reduce the burden on the healthcare system. It is therefore very important to be aware of the signs and symptoms that could indicate the presence of cancer. In this ...
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Topics Covered: Tests You Should Take

Treating Prostate Cancer

Mar 8, 2020 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men (after skin cancer). Depending on the stage of your cancer, the management options may include: Non-metastatic prostate cancer may be treated with: Watchful waiting. Active surveillance. If the ...
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Topics Covered: Articles, Conventional Treatments

Proton Beam Therapy in Cancer Treatment

Sep 28, 2019 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

The number of proton beam therapy (PBT) centers continues to grow despite their high construction and operational costs, as well as the insurance barriers for patients to access this treatment. If cost was not a factor, most oncologists, ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

Prostate Cancer Treatment

Jul 9, 2018 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Dr. Brian Lawenda’s lecture on Prostate Cancer Treatment at the 2018 UsToo International Prostate Cancer Pathways for Patients & Caregivers Conference (June 23, 2018). TOPICS: Consensus Based Guidelines for Treatment MRI ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Featured Posts

Optimizing Our Health

Jul 9, 2018 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Dr. Brian Lawenda's introductory lecture at the 2018 UsToo International Prostate Cancer Pathways for Patients & Caregivers Conference (June 23, 2018). The topics discussed are relevant to both men and women and those with and without ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Featured Posts, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

Reduce Radiation Side Effects To The Bladder With Cranberry Extract

Aug 16, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Many patients who receive radiation therapy to the pelvis for prostate, bladder, rectal, gynecologic and other cancers will develop temporary side effects from inflammation of the bladder (radiation cystitis.) Occasionally, some of these patients ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Importance Of Second Opinions In Prostate Cancer Care

Jul 29, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses The Importance Of Second Opinions In Prostate Cancer Care (July 29, 2017) In most cases, a new diagnosis of prostate cancer doesn't need to be treated (or even screened in the first place.) ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Featured Posts, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

Dr. Lawenda Discusses Cancer Screening Controversies

Apr 25, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Why Is Cancer Screening Controversial? (April 22, 2017) https://vimeo.com/214695302 ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

When To Start Androgen Deprivation Therapy After Prostate Cancer Treatment

Mar 25, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

The Question: When do you start androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in men who have had treatment to their prostate (prostatectomy and/or radiation therapy) and their PSA starts to rise again in the future? If we scan the patient (CT, MRI, etc) and ...
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Topics Covered: Featured Posts

Dr. Lawenda Discusses Stereotactic Radiation Therapy

Feb 18, 2017 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

KNDU/NBC TV "Living Well" Show: Dr. Lawenda Discusses Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (December 17, 2016) https://vimeo.com/196369607 ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Featured Posts

Toxic Produce, Light Therapy, Ketogenic Diet And More

Apr 20, 2016 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

The 2016 "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean Fifteen" Lists Are Out EWG's "Dirty Dozen" for the first time rates strawberries as the #1 most toxic produce item. They are contaminated by pesticides linked to cancer, reproductive and developmental damage, ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Featured Posts

Breast Cancer Risk, Curcumin, Vitamin D, Genetics And More

Apr 9, 2016 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Determined From A Biopsy A landmark Harvard study found that the risk of breast cancer can be predicted by looking at the percentage of dividing cells from a routine breast biopsy. If this tissue analysis (called ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Featured Posts, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals, Tests You Should Take

Resistance Exercise Beats Aerobic Exercise

Oct 3, 2015 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

I counsel patients all the time on the beneficial effects of physical activity on cancer outcomes: lower risk of developing cancer lower risk of cancer progression lower risk of cancer recurrence lower risk of dying from cancer may even ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise

Angelina Jolie Pitt Effect Highlights BRCA Mutation Testing and Preventative Surgery Options

Mar 27, 2015 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Angelina Jolie came out publicly, in a 2013 New York Times Op-Ed article, explaining that she chose to undergo preventative bilateral mastectomies to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer after finding out she carried a BRCA gene mutation. ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments

Do You Have Prostate Cancer?

Aug 4, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Listen up men. There is a great new tool now available to help you better understand your risk of having prostate cancer. Check out this simple to use risk calculator, created by the University of Texas Health Sciences Center. It takes only a few ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments

Dr Brian Lawenda’s Prostate Cancer Talk (Video)

Jul 20, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Dr. Brian Lawenda reviews the basics of prostate cancer, covering such topics as: Discussion about prostate cancer risk factors and the use of integrative oncology to reduce these risks and hopefully improve cancer outcomes after a ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments

Dr Lawenda Discusses Cancer Screening and Risks (Listen)

Jun 27, 2014 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Learn about some of the most common cancer screening recommendations and cancer risk factors in Dr. Brian Lawenda's, June 2014, 17-minute, interview on the Alan Stock Show (KDWN, AM 720). As always you'll also hear his plug on the importance of ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Conventional Treatments, Defy Cancer with Exercise, Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction

Hot Flashes During Prostate Cancer Treatment: Try Acupuncture

Oct 18, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Gentlemen, if you are taking androgen blocking medications for prostate cancer you likely already know that the associated hot flashes are difficult to treat. Studies have found that therapies such as soy and anti-depressants don't work well in ...
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Topics Covered: Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

Probiotics May Be Useful During Radiation Therapy To The Prostate And Other Pelvic Organs

Oct 18, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Your internal organs and tissues move as you breath and as your bowels and bladder fill and empty. If you are getting radiation therapy to one of these moving parts, ensuring accurate targeting is essential as radiation therapy is a very precise ...
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Topics Covered: Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

Do Fish Oils Really Boost The Risk Of Prostate Cancer?

Jul 22, 2013 Conner Middelmann Whitney, B.Sc., DipION

Thousands of patients were anxiously calling their doctors last week after a new study found that fish oils might increase the risk of prostate cancer. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the study found that high ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Supplements and Botanicals

My New Favorite Prostate Cancer Supplement

Jul 19, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

If you have prostate cancer or are at risk of developing prostate cancer (essentially, everyone with a prostate) this should be of interest to you. Eating a diet rich in whole plant foods (vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts, legumes) has been shown to ...
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Topics Covered: Supplements and Botanicals

Sleep Your Way To Less Cancer

Apr 10, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Not getting adequate sleep (particularly, at night) is now recognized as a risk factor for cancer. It seems that the preponderance of studies suggest that getting at least 6-7 hours of night time sleep is protective against cancer (as well as ...
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Topics Covered: Avoid and Eliminate Toxins

Time To Take Milk Off The Menu?

Mar 22, 2013 Conner Middelmann Whitney, B.Sc., DipION

Attention milk-lovers: If you have had breast cancer, you may be better off steering clear of dairy fat. A new study conducted by scientists at Kaiser Permanente, the large U.S. health insurer, and published in the Journal of the National Cancer ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins

One Baby Aspirin Per Day Cuts Cancer Development, Metastases and Death!

Mar 13, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Do you take an aspirin a day for aches and pains or other health reasons? It seems that many people do, and they might be inadvertently protecting themselves from cancer.  A Willow Tree Gave Us Aspirin: The ancient Egyptians used the bark of the ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments, Supplements and Botanicals

Penile “Rehab” During and After Prostate Cancer Treatment

Jan 2, 2013 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

One of the most common complications of radiation therapy and surgery (prostatectomy) for prostate cancer is erectile dysfunction (ED.) Studies report rates as high as 30-60% of men who undergo these treatments will develop ED as a result of ...
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Topics Covered: Conventional Treatments

Exercise and Cancer 101: Why You Should Just Do It!

Aug 12, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Why is exercise so important: Exercise reduces your risk of developing cancer. Exercise during and after cancer treatment may reduce your risk of cancer recurrence and progression. Exercise improves quality of life in cancer patients and ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Exercise, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs

CoQ 10 may reduce the risk of developing melanoma and reduce recurrence

Apr 23, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Reports indicate anticancer activity with higher blood levels of CoQ 10 (reduced risk of melanoma development, recurrence and progression.) Why do we rarely hear about this? Very few human studies have been conducted to confirm these findings. ...
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Topics Covered: Supplements and Botanicals

Would you change your lifestyle if you knew you had silent (occult) cancer cells hiding in your body?

Jan 30, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

I ask this question based on the fact that we know that cancer cells often spread early in the course of disease and they can remain silent (occult or hidden) for years. The Background: Among women with the earliest stage of invasive breast ...
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Topics Covered: A Diet that Defies Cancer, Avoid and Eliminate Toxins, Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Tests You Should Take

Vitamin E: Is it safe for men anymore?

Oct 14, 2011 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

In light of the recently reported SELECT study, many patients are asking this question. Here is my short response: The data from the recently reported SELECT trial show a 17% increased risk of developing prostate cancer with 400 IU's of ...
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Topics Covered: Supplements and Botanicals

Amazing anti-cancer compound derived from the French Lilac: Galega officianalis (metformin)

Aug 29, 2011 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

Metformin is a medication derived from the herb Galega officinalis (French lilac, also known as Goat's Rue or Italian Fitch) and has been used as a traditional botanical (tea infusion) for over 3,000 years to relieve polyuria (frequent urination) and ...
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Topics Covered: Supplements and Botanicals

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