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The third podcast in the “Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community” series features Landi Maduro, a film maker in California. Her film The Silent Killer: Prostate Cancer in the African American Community explores [...]

The second podcast in “Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community” features Mark Kennedy from the Boston Public Health Commission and Dr. J. Jacques Carter from Beth Israel Lahey and a member of the [...]

The first in a three-part series on “Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community” features Archie Emmanuel Jr., Lamont Scott, and Brother Al Hubert from MOCHA (Men of Color Health Awareness) located in Springfield, [...]

Thanks to Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society, for joining the MPCC podcast series, Prostate Cancer & You. In this interview she provides an outstanding overview of ACS and the latest thinking and activities that [...]

In this sixth episode, Michael A. DiSpezio discusses Kegels (aka pelvic floor exercises) and their role in regaining urinary continence. Then, he takes a deeper dive into shared decision making, and why it is essential for all patients to [...]

In this fifth episode, Michael A. DiSpezio discusses the quality of life and how it changed following radical prostatectomy. Michael explains the basic difference between external beam radiation and the implantation of radioactive seeds, what radiation does, and addresses [...]

In this fourth episode, Michael A. DiSpezio addresses the first PSA test following surgery and what that means as far as the tumor’s spread. He then presents the basics of cancer in terms of cells and DNA. Then, Michael [...]

In this third episode, Michael A. DiSpezio addresses the concept of quality of life and how one’s choice of treatment impacts the future. He profiles his own challenges with post-operative side effects including urinary incontinence, bowel issues, erectile dysfunction [...]

In this second episode, Michael A. DiSpezio presents the basics of decision making as it pertains to critical choices he faced, including selecting the type of prostate biopsy. He explains what is communicated in a biopsy pathology report. In [...]

In this first episode, Michael A. DiSpezio introduces us to his personal journey with prostate cancer. It begins with addressing PSA and the role of this tumor marker in risk assessment for prostate cancer. He discusses active surveillance as [...]