Men – even very educated ones – believe that if they do any treatment they’ll lose all of their sexual function. We have to sit down and explain to them that there are many therapies out there to help prevent that.
— Isaac Powell, MD
Director, Prostate Cancer Population Health Disparities Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
We have to convince our primary care colleagues that PSA screening is valuable in the right population of men.
— Kelvin Moses, MD, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Prostate Cancer Clinic, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Many people think clinical trials just compare a new treatment to a sugar pill, but that’s not what these trials are about. They’re actually a form of high-quality care, whether or not you receive the study drug.
— Yaw A. Nyame, MD, MS, MBA
Associate professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Before, screening guidelines were a lot softer in their recommendations for Black men than they should have been.
— Brandon Mahal, MD
Radiation oncologist at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
