{"id":422171,"date":"2022-03-27T05:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/take-the-psa-test-detecting-prostate-cancer-is-a-lifesaver\/"},"modified":"2022-03-27T05:19:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T02:19:10","slug":"take-the-psa-test-detecting-prostate-cancer-is-a-lifesaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/take-the-psa-test-detecting-prostate-cancer-is-a-lifesaver\/","title":{"rendered":"#Take the PSA test! Detecting prostate cancer is a lifesaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3221a9a53d5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3221a9a53d5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/take-the-psa-test-detecting-prostate-cancer-is-a-lifesaver\/#%E2%80%9CTake_the_PSA_test_Detecting_prostate_cancer_is_a_lifesaver%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Take the PSA test! Detecting prostate cancer is a lifesaver&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/take-the-psa-test-detecting-prostate-cancer-is-a-lifesaver\/#Key_is_catching_it_early\" >Key is catching it early<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/take-the-psa-test-detecting-prostate-cancer-is-a-lifesaver\/#Follow_the_science\" >Follow the science<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTake_the_PSA_test_Detecting_prostate_cancer_is_a_lifesaver%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Take the PSA test! Detecting prostate cancer is a lifesaver&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Charles Gasparino\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/Gasparino_Charles_headshot.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This is a story with a h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y ending because I did something simple: I listened to my wife, my doctors (amazing people at NYU Langone), and to borrow what has become a horrible, politicized clich\u00e9, I listened to \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A month ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. No symptoms, mind you. I had just turned 60. A few weeks before my diagnosis, like many New Yorkers I caught COVID but had only mild symptoms. I worked out every day, throwing around weights in my basement and shadow boxing. A day after my \u00ad10-day quarantine, I ran six miles. I proclaimed I would live until 120, at least.<\/p>\n<p>Then the blood test results came back: spiking PSA levels. (PSA is an enzyme and its elevation is a marker, albeit not a perfect one, for cancer of this annoying gland.) My recent MRI was fine, but the blood kept coming back weird, so my doctors recommended a biopsy. A day later, it came back with the diagnosis no one wants to hear: \u201cMalignant prostate cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WTF!? This can\u2019t be me. I\u2019m too healthy; I eat well; work out like I did when I was a kid. No symptoms \u2014 particularly those you would expect from that part of a man\u2019s body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter, of course. Prostate cancer is believed to be hormonal and it\u2019s a silent killer \u2014 and yes, it does kill. About one in six men will get it, their second-largest cause of cancer death. All too often it\u2019s diagnosed when it\u2019s already spread beyond the gland because it often presents with no symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s also highly treatable when monitored and caught early (as I\u2019ve been doing over the past two years with blood tests and MRIs). So listen to your doctor when he or she recommends a biopsy, which isn\u2019t a walk in the park but it beats the \u00adalternative.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_is_catching_it_early\"><\/span>Key is catching it early<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s why this story will end on a happy note. I might just live to 120, or not; but I\u2019m unlikely to die of prostate cancer. I listened to docs and my wife who urged me to keep on top of my bloodwork. My brother, Dr. James Gasparino, is an amazing critical care specialist, but his expertise extends beyond the ICU, which helped me through this as well. Taken together, I caught it early; the tumor is small and localized and because of that it\u2019s being dealt with using a fairly non-invasive treatment, which, again, ain\u2019t no walk in the park, but it beats the alternative.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NYU-Langone-Health.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A general view of an NYU Langone Health sign in New York, NY on May 14, 2020. \" class=\"wp-image-21674448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NYU-Langone-Health.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NYU-Langone-Health.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NYU-Langone-Health.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The doctors and staff at NYU Langone Health provided great care. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I had great care at NYU Langone, and not because people know what I do for a living. I want to thank Dr. Marcel Laufer, my primary care physician, who spotted my rising PSA levels and pushed me to take action; urologist, Dr. Chris Kelly, his \u201cright hand,\u201d nurse practitioner Megan Markland, who watched me like a hawk with follow-up procedures. And the amazing Dr. Herbert Lepor, who performed the surgery and sent me home the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Administratively, the place is run by talented men and women, including someone named Joe Lhota, a former investment banker, who served as deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani. It was Joe who made sure the city functioned in a variety of posts during the Giuliani years but particularly during 9\/11. It\u2019s easy to see why Langone is such a well-oiled machine.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, and I\u2019m not saying this to diminish the contributions of the medical staff at NYU, but the hospital is not named after a doctor, but a great financier, Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone. Ken donated hundreds of millions of dollars to NYU to make sure people in Gotham had access to the best medical care around.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Wall-Street.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Stock Exchange on Wall Street on election night in 2020. \" class=\"wp-image-21674470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Wall-Street.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Wall-Street.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Wall-Street.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There have been plenty of wealthy folks who have provided help to hospitals and schools. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thank God he did: In this era of anti-Wall Street class warfare it\u2019s easy to forget how our money men and women want to give back, to fulfill their sense of noblesse oblige \u2014 whether it\u2019s financing a hospital or a charter school for poor kids in the South Bronx.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>They do it not to see their name on the building \u2014 trust me on this one because that in itself often brings unwanted attention. They do it because they know it\u2019s the right thing to do. The board of trustees and advisers to NYU Langone include the likes of Larry Fink of BlackRock, Lori Fink, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan, Ike Perlmutter of Marvel Entertainment, Fiona Druckenmiller, crypto-financier Mike Novogratz and former Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn \u2014 all of whom got there by virtue of their generosity, not virtue-signaling.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow_the_science\"><\/span>Follow the science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Keep that in mind when you hear some politician bemoan Wall Street greed as a fallback whenever some crisis hits.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m writing this not for sympathy \u2014 I\u2019m going to be fine and have friends who have been through a hell of a lot worse with cancer. I write this just as a reminder: We are all leaky vessels. Accept that and, yes, follow the science. Thanks to noblesse oblige we have some good scientists at our disposal.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Detecting prostate cancer is a lifesaver&#8221; This is a story with a happy ending because I did something simple: I listened to my wife, my doctors (amazing people at NYU Langone), and to borrow what has become a horrible, politicized clich\u00e9, I listened to \u201cthe science.\u201d A month ago I was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":422172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Gasparino2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[127192,71402,1545,74498,73014,100074,78888,67907,70360],"class_list":["post-422171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3-26-22","tag-cancer","tag-coronavirus","tag-health-and-fitness","tag-health-care","tag-nyu-langone-medical-center","tag-prostate-cancer","tag-science","tag-wall-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}