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About The Podcast
Prostate Cancer & You is a series of podcasts presented by the Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition that explore various aspects of the disease and feature interviews with prostate cancer researchers, medical professionals, caregivers, and patients. The podcasts are part of the MPCC mission to educate, connect, and support men-at-risk, newly diagnosed individuals, survivors, and their families. They also serve to connect organizations and professionals worldwide that seek to conquer and cure prostate cancer.
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Today’s “Prostate Cancer and You” podcast features Dr. Jean Joseph, chairman of the department of urology at the University of Rochester Medical Center and keynote at the May 2025 MPCC Symposium. In this conversation with host Jordan Rich, Dr. Joseph furthers his keynote topics, discussing the history, benefits, and [...]
In this second of a two-part podcast episode detailing new treatments for prostate cancer, Dr. Phillip Davis and Dr. Dan Stevens highlight the increasing accessibility of molecular imaging and radioligand therapy across the US and the potential for earlier use of these technologies. They also discuss the promise of future [...]
In this first of a two-part podcast episode, Dr. Phillip Davis and Dr. Dan Stevens follow up on the symposium topic of “New Treatments for Prostate Cancer.” In Part I, Dr. Philip Davis explains molecular imaging, which uses a low dose of radioactive medicine to detect cancer and other [...]
A podcast featuring Dr. Preston Sprenkle and cancer survivor Bob Palmer. In their conversation with host Jordan Rich, Bob Palmer, and Dr. Sprenkle discuss Bob’s experience of incision-free ablation intervention as a cancer treatment. Dr. Preston Sprenkle is an Associate Professor of Urology at Yale University, specializing in the [...]
Today’s podcast in the “Prostate Cancer and You” series features Dr. Faina Shtern, the president of AdMeTech Foundation. In this conversation, Dr. Shtern and host Jordan Rich discuss the AdMeTech Foundation’s Prostate Cancer Equity Program and how men in and out of Massachusetts can participate. For more information on [...]
Join us for a special edition of “Prostate Cancer and You,” a podcast in honor of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 2024. In this episode, we dive into one man’s personal journey, from active surveillance to cutting-edge PSMA PET technology, to shape his treatment plan. Since its establishment in 1999 [...]
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 [...]
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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 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 [...]
