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Cancer Answers: Men's Health 2019

July 25, 2019
  • 00:00Support for Yale Cancer Center Answers comes from AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical business that is pushing the boundaries of science to deliver new cancer medicines. More information at astrazeneca-us.com. 00:12.600 --> 00:48.200 Welcome to Yale Cancer Answers with doctors Anees Chagpar and Steven Gore. Yale Cancer Answers features the latest information on cancer care by welcoming oncologists and specialists who are on the forefront of the battle to fight cancer. This week, in honor of men's health month, it is a conversation about men's health issues with Dr. Stanton Honig. Dr. Honig is a Professor of Clinical Urology, Director of the Male Reproductive Health Program and Director of the Male Sexual Medicine Program at Yale School of Medicine, where Dr. Chagpar is a Professor of Surgery. 00:48.200 --> 01:11.600
  • 13:52Medical Minute Support for Yale Cancer Answers comes from AstraZeneca, dedicated to providing innovative treatment options for people living with bladder cancer. Learn more at astrazeneca-us.com. 14:05.600 --> 14:56.200 This is a medical minute about pancreatic cancer, which represents about 3% of all cancers in the US and about 7% of cancer deaths. Clinical trials are currently being offered at federally designated comprehensive cancer centers for the treatment of advanced stage and metastatic pancreatic cancer using chemotherapy and other novel therapies. FOLFIRINOX, a combination of 5 different chemotherapies is the latest advance in the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer and research continues at centers around the world looking into targeted therapies and a recently discovered marker, HENT-1. This has been a medical minute brought to you as a public service by Yale Cancer Center. More information is available at YaleCancerCenter.org. You are listening to Connecticut Public Radio. 14:56.200 --> 16:13.000
  • 29:26Dr. Stanton Honig is a Professor of Clinical Urology, Director of the Male Reproductive Health Program and Director of the Male Sexual Medicine Program at Yale School of Medicine. If you have questions, the address is canceranswers@yale.edu and past editions of the program are available in audio and written form at YaleCancerCenter.org. We invite you to join us next week to learn more about the fight against cancer here on Connecticut Public Radio.