In this episode, we discuss prostate cancer prevention. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and the second most lethal cancer in men in the United States. But is there a way to prevent it? Can lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, sexual activity, and even stress impact the development and growth of prostate cancer? In order to answer those questions, we spoke to Dr Stephen Freedland, Professor of Surgery and Urology at the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Stephen Freedland, MD
At Cedars Sinai, Dr Freedland serves as the Warschaw Robertson Law Families Chair in Prostate Cancer, the Director of the Center for Integrated Research in Cancer and Lifestyle and Co-Director of the Cancer Genetics and Prevention Program. Dr. Freedland has published over 400 medical studies and sits on the editorial boards of multiple medical journals. He currently serves as editor-in-chief of the medical journal Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases . Dr. Freedland completed his undergraduate studies at UCLA and received his medical degree from UC Davis. He then completed his Urology residency training at UCLA and a fellowship in urologic oncology at Johns Hopkins. Before joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr Freedland served as an Associate Professor of Urology at Duke University.