Prostate Cancer Explained: What Every Man Needs to Know
from Becoming Real with Dr. Lori Hosted by Lori Stevic Rust, PhD
The advice on prostate cancer screening has swung back and forth for years. Test, don't test, wait, ask your doctor. And all that contradiction leaves a lot of men doing the one thing they shouldn't. Nothing. Even former President Biden, with all the medical scrutiny in the world, was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer, in part because the guidelines say men over 70 don't need routine screening. I watched the same thing nearly happen with my husband, Jay. His numbers had been normal three years earlier, so his doctor hesitated. Jay pushed for the test anyway, and by the time we found it, the cancer had already spread. He'd had no symptoms at all. That push saved his life. So I sat down with Tyler Weisent, the oncology nurse practitioner who was one of our lifelines through Jay's treatment, to ask the questions every man and every family deserves to have answered. When to test, how to know if a cancer is dangerous, and how to advocate for yourself when the guidelines fall short. If you've been putting it off because no one has given you a straight answer, this is the conversation to listen to. This is the final episode in a three-part series for Men's Health Month, following "There Is No Small Talk in a Cancer Waiting Room" and "Prostate Cancer: One Man's Honest Story." Show Notes; https://drloristevic.com/prostate-cancer-explained-what-every-man-needs-to-know/
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