Perspectives on Prostate Disease: Volume 2, Issue 3

Penile implants, an option patients with erectile dysfunction probably hear little about, might offer a lasting and satisfying "cure." Abraham Morgentaler, M.D., director of Men's Health Boston, explains how.

Answers to your questions on prostate health. In this edition: healing time after a prostate biopsy, and treating prostate cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the same time.

A roundup of recent advances in the understanding and treatment of prostate disease.

Brief instructions for using the PubMed database to read more detailed information about the studies cited in Perspectives on Prostate Disease, so you can evaluate the evidence on your own.

A message from Editor in Chief Marc Garnick, M.D. about treatment options available to men with androgen-independent prostate cancer, participating in clinical trials, and previews of other articles in this issue.

Three Harvard physicians explain this condition and outline treatment options, including second-line hormone therapies and chemotherapy.

Diagnosed with androgen-independent prostate cancer in 2003, Ken Gannon has tried several different medications and enrolled in multiple clinical trials in the hope of keeping the disease in check- -and helping others.

In part 2 of this roundtable discussion, two registered dietitians from Harvard-affiliated hospitals share their thoughts on calcium, fats, and shedding excess weight.