PODCAST

Today’s podcast in the “Prostate Cancer and You” series, brought to you in part by Blue Earth Diagnostics, features Dr. David Yang, attending physician in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Dr. Todd Cohen, Blue Earth Diagnostics vice-president of medical affairs. This [...]

Owner of Bluechild Entertainment as well as founder and president of Women of Color Filmmakers, Landi Maduro is the producer of The Silent Killer: Prostate Cancer in the African American Community, a documentary made in 2017. In this second interview for MPCC’s “Prostate Cancer and You” series, she and [...]

The latest MPCC podcast features John Colbert, Creative Director of Colbert Studios and son of MPCC founder Jack Colbert. John joined the MPCC board in November, and he is bringing his expertise to the organization as plans are underway for a new look, rebranding, and refined mission for the [...]

Listen to the latest MPCC podcast, brought to you in part by Blue Earth Diagnostics, as Mark Franklin, prostate cancer survivor, Alain Chaglassian, MD, MPH, Blue Earth Diagnostics, and Adam Kibel, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and MPCC Medical Advisory Committee, discuss the history of imaging and provide more [...]

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 myths, fears, and concerns about the disease. It follows [...]

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 MPCC Medical Advisory Committee as they discuss how government institutions [...]

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, Massachusetts. Listen to their own personal stories on the importance [...]

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 she and her colleagues are undertaking with regard to prostate [...]

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 be an active part of this critical process. Michael discusses [...]

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 the side effects associated with this type of treatment. He [...]

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 discusses the likelihood of a man getting prostate cancer and [...]

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 and the emotional turmoil associated with treatments. He addresses the [...]

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 addition, Michael introduces us to a radical prostatectomy using a [...]

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 a treatment option, family history, symptoms (and in his case, [...]

Mark the 2022 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month with Dr. Michael Lutz, president of the Michigan Institute of Urology’s (MIU) Men’s Health Foundation, and prostate cancer survivor and former Navy pilot, Craig Reiner, as they discuss the current state of diagnosis and treatment as well as the many changes that [...]