What Are Ways to Improve PSA?

Posted by Gerald L. Andriole, Jr., MD | Sep 2017

Gerald L. Andriole, Jr., MD, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, discusses ways to improve PSA by looking at recent studies and the latest USPSTF recommendations.

To view slides from Dr. Andriole’s presentation at the 18th Annual Future Directions in Urology Symposium, click here.

Keywords: prostate cancer, USPSTF, biopsy, metastatic, focal therapy

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Gerald L. Andriole, Jr., MD

Gerald L. Andriole, Jr., MD, is the Robert K. Royce Distinguished Professor and Chief of Urologic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Siteman Cancer Center, and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Andriole received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He trained in surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital and the University of Rochester and completed his Urology Residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, he was a Fellow in Urologic Oncology at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Andriole has over 35 years of consistent contributions in the areas of BPH and prostate cancer screening and prevention research. He has contributed well over 400 peer-reviewed publications and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals. He is Chairman of the Prostate Committee of the National Cancer Institute’s Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial, and PI of the NIDDK Multidisciplinary Approach to Urologic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) and Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN). He was Chairman of the Steering Committee of the REDUCE Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, as well as PI of both the NIDDK Medical Therapy of Prostatic Symptoms (MTOPS) BPH trial and the NIDDK Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Urinary Symptoms (CAMUS) study. He is a member of the American Urological Association, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Surgical Association, the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons, among other societies.

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