Kansas University Cancer Center has opened a new program to fight prostate cancer.
The Burns & McDonnell High Risk Prostate Cancer Prevention Program focuses on patients who are at high risk of developing prostate cancer.
This includes patients with a history of an elevated prostate-specific antigen, patients with a family member affected by prostate cancer, and patients with a history of an abnormal prostate exam.
The program’s primary goal is to significantly reduce every patient’s risk of developing prostate cancer.
Dr. Jeffrey Holzbeierlein, director of the program, said prostate cancer affects 1 in 6 men in the United States. It is the second leading killer of men.
In addition to using known drug therapies, the program also applies lifestyle modification and dietary recommendations, which could give patients more palatable alternatives to pharmaceutical interventions.
Patients also have access to some of the latest research trials available.
The program was made possible through a portion of a $1 million gift from the Burns & McDonnell Foundation. It is located in the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Care Pavilion at 2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Westwood.
For more information, call (800) 332-6048 or visit kucancercenter.org.
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