Nov 10, 2019

Prostate cancer: how common, how to detect it, how to treat it (should we?) // Artificial lights and sleep with Morgan Sweeney // Should we really be eating more meat now?

* Vox pop by David Lonstein

* Jingle by Joseph Hackl of Voodoo Jazz

* Additional music by Seth Donnelly and Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com (including "House of Leaves").

* Theme music: "Troll of the Mountain Swing" by the Underscore Orkestra.

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References:

1) ERSPC randomized trial of prostate cancer screening: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=10.1016%2Fj.eururo.2012.05.068

2) ERSPC randomized trial of prostate cancer screening: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30824296

3) Quality of Life study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1201637

4) Chemoprevention study 1, PCPT: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1215932

5) Chemoprevention study 2, REDUCE: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0908127

6) Surgery vs. radiation vs. active surveillance: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606220