DESCRIPTION Prior to his 2025 prostate cancer diagnosis, Stuart Hopgood experienced no symptoms. But a visit to his general practitioner included blood work, which revealed a PSA of 74.2! Stuart was referred to a urologist, who called for a needle-point biopsy. The biopsy not only showed Stuart that he had Stage IV prostate cancer, but that it had metastasized to his pelvic area, a rib and his clavicle. He put on Trelstar, a form of hormonal therapy, six weeks of radiatio

DESCRIPTION For David Peters, what began as medical attention to address an enlarged prostate in 2022 became a diagnosis of Stage 4B prostate cancer. Prior to his undergoing a Rezum procedure, a pre-op workup a PSA level of 19. However, nobody at the hospital bothered to check the PSA level before performing the procedure, which placed David at great risk. Not long after that came his diagnosis. David’s care team recommended lifelong androgen deprivation therapy. He ch

DESCRIPTION Alan Morton experienced symptoms associated with prostate cancer, but it was some time before he sought medical attention. Dating back to his teens, he had had a subpar urine flow, but in his sixties, he began to see blood in his urine. He thought it might be a urinary tract infection, but when nothing had changed six months later, he contacted his doctor. After various scans, a digital rectal exam and a biopsy, Alan was told he had Stage 3B prostate cancer. I

DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION On this episode of the @CancerInterviews podcast, prior to his death in 2026, Mark Kageyama told host Bruce Morton about his surviving three cancers. A diagnosis of prostate cancer became metastatic prostate cancer when it was learned his cancer spread to his lungs and bones. To fight the cancer, Mark had to experience an aggressive chemotherapy, with the medication, taxotere. Mark Kageyama of Granada Hills, California was in his mid-sixties in Oct

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DESCRIPTION What John Morley originally thought was a urinary tract infection turned out to be a diagnosis of bladder cancer. At first, he was told it was a mild form of the disease. Then the diagnosis was upgraded to T2 Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, requiring a radical cystectomy meaning he would need to get his bladder removed. His care team next told John he would also have to get his prostate taken out. Next a mass was detected on his spleen, which meant that it, to

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In today's Cancer Interviews episode with your host Bruce Morton, we will learn how Vicki Wolf survived Ductal Carcinoma In Situ twice...

DESCRIPTION When “things were not working the way hey had always worked,” at age 67, Derrill Holly sought medical attention. A doctor...

DESCRIPTION Max Schlueter was prepared for his diagnosis of prostate cancer because of a family history. In 2011, his Gleason score of...

DESCRIPTION Dusty Baker’s prostatec specific antigen (PSA) had been slowly rising when he was in his early fifties. That got the...

Jim Nedelka survived prostate cancer and early detection helped, a story he shares on the @CancerInterviews podcast. His employer...

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DESCRIPTION Jack McCallum of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania enjoyed an active lifestyle, but one year his prostate specific antigen (PSA) score...

In August 2000, when Bruce Morton went in for his annual physical, he thought it would be a routine visit. And it was, except for his...