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Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: What Men Are Not Being Told

Androgen deprivation therapy — commonly called ADT — is presented to most men as a necessary and protective step after a prostate cancer diagnosis. It is often introduced early, sometimes before symptoms appear, and frame...

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Metastatic Prostate Cancer: What Actually Matters When the Cancer Has Spread cancer therapies men's health prostate cancer prostate health

Hearing the words metastatic prostate cancer changes everything.

Fear rises. Urgency takes over. Decisions feel compressed.

And that’s exactly when mistakes happen.

According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, once prostate cancer spreads, the conversation often shifts in the wrong direction. The focus mo...

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Metformin and Cancer: Why This Old Diabetes Drug Keeps Showing Up in Oncology cancer research cancer therapies functional medicine prostate cancer

Metformin is one of the most prescribed medications in the world. Most people know it as a diabetes drug. Few realize it keeps appearing in cancer research, longevity studies, and prostate cancer discussions.

That is not an accident.

According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, metformin’s relevance has ve...

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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Targeting the Tumor cancer therapies men's health prostate cancer prostate health

The idea sounds appealing.

  1. Find the cancer.
  2. Target it.
  3. Destroy it.
  4. Avoid surgery. Avoid radiation. Move on with your life.

This promise is driving interest in focal therapies for prostate cancer. Procedures like TULSA and HIFU are marketed as modern, precise, and less harmful alternatives t...

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Chelation Therapy and Cancer Risk cancer research cancer therapies functional medicine

A Physician’s Perspective on Heavy Metals and Cellular Health

Most people would prefer to reduce cancer risk rather than face cancer treatment after disease develops. From a preventive medicine standpoint, understanding and addressing factors that drive cellular damage is central to that goal.

Acc...

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Alpha-Lipoic Acid During Chemotherapy alpha-lipoic acid cancer research cancer therapies functional medicine

A Physician’s Perspective on Its Supportive Role

Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is a naturally occurring compound found in every cell of the body. It plays a critical role in cellular energy production and antioxidant defense. Because ALA is both water- and fat-soluble, it functions throughout the body, e...

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