This site is for men facing prostate-health concerns, elevated PSA, biopsy decisions, or a prostate cancer diagnosis — and for the spouses, family members and friends helping them think through difficult decisions. When it was my turn to search for answers, I was surprised at how hard it was to find clear, balanced information to enable me to understand the questions I needed to ask or to assist me in making some very important decisions.

I am not a doctor, and this site is not medical advice. I am an attorney, and my background has taught me to research carefully, examine both sides of an issue, ask hard questions, and look closely at evidence before making important decisions. My goal is to share what I have learned in a way that helps others become more informed, more engaged, and better prepared for serious conversations with their doctors.

When a man hears the word “cancer,” fear can take over quickly. Suddenly, the conversation may move from PSA to MRI to biopsy to surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, or other treatment options before he has had time to understand what is happening.

This site exists to help slow that process down.

Not to give medical advice.
Not to promise a cure.
Not to tell you what to do.
Not to reject useful medical care.

But to ask better questions.

I am an attorney by training. That means I tend to examine evidence, arguments, assumptions, risks, incentives, and competing explanations. When I began researching prostate health and prostate cancer, I discovered that the standard medical pathway is important — but it is not the only body of knowledge worth examining.

Here you will find research, commentary, personal reflections, book notes, PubMed references, standard-of-care discussion, informed-consent questions, metabolic cancer research, supplement considerations, off-label-drug research, and alternative or integrative approaches that deserve careful review.

Some ideas will be well supported. Some will be preliminary. Some will be controversial. Some may turn out to be wrong. But serious questions should not be dismissed merely because they fall outside the usual treatment script.

The goal is simple:

Become informed before you consent to something you are unable to undo later down the road.