Prostate Disease Website Launched by Harvard Med
School to Help in Decision-Making
New Website provides multiple perspectives on how
best to treat prostate disease
April 28, 2009 - Harvard Medical School has
announced the launch of a new Website to help men with prostate cancer
and other prostate conditions understand the issues related to their
condition and make smart, well-informed decisions regarding treatment.
The website,
www.HarvardProstateKnowledge.org , was created by Dr. Marc Garnick,
an internationally renowned expert in medical oncology and urologic
cancer. This Website is especially timely given all of the recent
discussion on prostate disease and the complex information that men and
their families most consider.
Many men diagnosed with prostate cancer rush to a
specific treatment, says Dr. Garnick, but most men have time to learn
about all of their options. There are many possible actions, including
active surveillance, which involves watching the cancer to see if it
progresses and treating it at a later time. Since there can be dramatic
implications for both health and quality of life, its important to be
well-informed.
The new Website provides multiple perspectives on
how best to treat prostate disease, including prostate cancer, benign
prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostatitis, as well as erectile
dysfunction and low testosterone levels.
The public continues to be presented with
conflicting medical and scientific data regarding many aspects of
prostate diseases, including prostate cancer, Dr. Garnick notes.
We created
HarvardProstateKnowledge.org as a tool to help men and their
partners get the information they need to ask the right questions of
their doctors.
The site draws upon the expertise of the extensive
medical staff within Harvard Medical School and its teaching hospitals,
as well as that of international thought leaders on prostate disease. It
includes interviews and group discussions with faculty experts and
first-hand accounts from patients and their families. The website also
features video and interactive tools and will be updated regularly.
An open website,
HarvardProstateKnowledge.org is available free to the public, made
possible through funding from several philanthropic families.
Dr. Garnick is a clinical professor of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School and editor in chief of Perspectives on Prostate
Disease, a quarterly publication for patients. He is also the author of
A Patients Guide to Prostate Cancer, and he maintains an active
clinical practice at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center.
April 28, 2009 - Harvard Medical School has
announced the launch of a new Website to help men with prostate cancer
and other prostate conditions understand the issues related to their
condition and make smart, well-informed decisions regarding treatment.
