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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

October 1, 2018

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month brought together patients, caregivers, health practitioners, and researchers for advocacy and educational events to raise awareness for prostate cancer research.

This September, NYC launched its Inaugural NYC Prostate Cancer Summit, a free education event for all those...

Three Developmental Research Program Awards Announced

September 17, 2018

This year the Weill Cornell Medicine Prostate SPORE awarded three Developmental Research Program Awards. The goal of the award is to support innovative translational research projects that address key challenge areas in prostate cancer research. Awardees each received $100,000 for one year to support their research proposals. Awarded projects aim to accelerate the discovery and development of interventions intended to improve therapeutic outcomes for prostate...

Despite High PSA Level, Prostate Cancer Subtype May Have a Promising Prognosis

July 25, 2018

This article first appeared on Weill Cornell Medicine Newsroom

Conventional wisdom suggests that a high level of the protein prostate specific antigen (PSA) in men with prostate cancer means a poor prognosis. However, this may not always be the case in men with a particular subtype of prostate cancer, according to a new study...