 Arizona Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall has prostate cancer, and he has made his condition public to help others realize the importance of early detection. The 42-year-old executive said he underwent a biopsy last Wednesday and that he was "leaning very strongly" toward the option of surgery. He said he wanted to wait until after the baseball season to undergo the operation, probably sometime in November. Read More
 A USC study looking at a possible link between pesticide exposure and prostate cancer has struck a nerve locally. The research was done in the valley and the results have produced strong reactions. No matter where you may live in the Valley you're never too far from farmland... or plots where pesticides are used. Researchers with the USC study interviewed 335 older men in the Valley. None of them worked in the fields but more than half the group had prostate cancer. Read More
 The grocery stores won't throw specially colored totes onto the bagging carousel. You won't see thousands of people running together to raise money for research. And you probably won't see any T-shirts with clever slogans promoting screening. But prostate cancer affects more people than breast cancer does: One in six men will get prostate cancer, compared with one in eight women who get breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, 241,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. Read More
 European regulators have approved the Johnson & Johnson pill Zytiga as a treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer who have already undergone chemotherapy. Zytiga, which was approved in the United States in April, is designed to target a protein that plays an important role in making testosterone, thereby reducing production of the hormone, which can fuel tumor growth.
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If you think you may have developed or may be at risk for developing prostate cancer, USMDPCC is the first and only place to turn to. With an in-house pathology program, USMDPCC performs your biopsy using 3-D ultrasound technology for the ultimate choice in convenience and accuracy.
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