An elevated PSA can feel like a trap.

One blood test turns into fear, pressure, and a fast-moving conveyor belt toward biopsy, surgery, or radiation. Many men are told there is no alternative. Act now or regret it later.

According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, that framing is wrong—and dangerous.

In ...

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...

What Helps, What Hurts, and What’s Pure Noise

The supplement industry around prostate cancer is loud, confusing, and often misleading. Men are sold hope in a bottle, warned away from anything not “FDA approved,” and left unsure who to trust.

In this part 2 podcast, Dr. Stephen Petteruti cuts throu...

What Works, What’s Hype, and What Could Be Harmful

If you’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer, or you’re living with a rising PSA, you’ve probably been told to take supplements. Lots of them.

But which ones help.
Which ones do nothing.
And which ones quietly work against you.

In this podcast, Dr...

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...

Few topics in men’s health generate as much fear as testosterone therapy.

Men are routinely told the same thing:
“If you take testosterone, you’ll get prostate cancer.”

According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, that belief is one of the most persistent and misleading myths in modern medicine.

In this po...

Focal therapy is one of the fastest-growing trends in prostate cancer treatment. Laser ablation. HIFU. Cryotherapy. TULSA. Each is marketed as a way to destroy cancer while preserving urinary and sexual function.

The promise sounds appealing. Treat only the cancer. Spare the rest of the gland. Avoi...

Most men are presented with prostate cancer as a narrow set of options.

Biopsy.
Surgery.
Radiation.
Hormone suppression.

According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, that framing is incomplete—and often harmful.

In his new book Fight Cancer Like a Man, Dr. Petteruti lays out a fundamentally different approac...

Fear does more damage than cancer ever could.

According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, fear is the single most common reason men make prostate cancer decisions they later regret. Anxiety compresses time. Urgency replaces thought. And once a decision is irreversible, clarity often arrives too late.

This...

For many men, prostate cancer decisions feel like standing in front of a moving train.

1. PSA rises.
2. The referral is made.
3. The biopsy is scheduled.

And suddenly, it feels irresponsible to slow down.

According to Dr. Stephen Petteruti, that momentum is not medicine. It is inertia. And inertia i...

How to Talk With Your Doctor About Prostate Cancer Without Pressure

An elevated PSA or a concerning MRI can trigger anxiety and urgency. Too often, that fear is followed by pressure to move quickly toward biopsy, surgery, or radiation. But urgency does not equal necessity.

According to Dr. Stephen...