{"id":2132,"date":"2021-09-15T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2021-09-15T18:45:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:45:55","slug":"halo-diagnostics-urging-screening-for-prevention-this-prostatecancerawarenessmonth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=2132","title":{"rendered":"HALO Diagnostics Urging Screening for Prevention this #ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">INDIAN WELLS, Calif.<\/span>, &#8211;\u00a0This September,\u00a0National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3291440-1&amp;h=1730151260&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.halodx.com%2Fprostate-health&amp;a=HALO+Diagnostics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HALO Diagnostics<\/a>\u00a0(Dx)\u00a0wants\u00a0men to know\u00a0just how vital routine\u00a0screening\u00a0is when it comes to saving lives.<\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic, prostate cancer screenings fell by 83%,\u00a0putting more men at risk for late-stage diagnoses and metastatic\u00a0disease.\u00a0With prostate cancer being\u00a0the second most common cancer among American men,\u00a0they say\u00a0early detection is vital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prostate cancer affects not only the patient but his loved ones, too&#8221; said Dr.\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">John Feller<\/span>, Chief Medical Officer at HALO Diagnostics. &#8220;When caught early, this disease\u00a0has a nearly 100% 5-year survival rate. Early diagnoses facilitate\u00a0less invasive treatments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>First<\/b><b>&#8211;<\/b><b>line s<\/b><b>creening options<\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Multiparametric MRI:<\/b>\u00a0By differentiating cancerous and healthy tissue, mpMRI is 50% more effective in detecting significant disease and reduces unnecessary biopsies by one-third.<\/li>\n<li><b>P<\/b><b>rostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing:\u00a0<\/b>This simple blood test determines a patient&#8217;s level of a protein produced by the prostate. Results higher than 2.5ng\/mL may warrant additional testing.<\/li>\n<li><b>At-home testing:\u00a0<\/b>Patients worried about COVID-19 may avoid an office visit using a mail-in kit. A certified lab analyzes patient samples and provides results within days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Getting Treated<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Instead of prostate removal, radiation, or chemotherapy (which carry higher risks of erectile dysfunction and incontinence), patients have options like\u00a0HALO Dx Laser Focal Therapy,\u00a0and TULSA-PRO\u00ae (<b>Transurethral Ultrasound Ablation),<\/b>\u00a0both\u00a0non-invasive MRI-guided therapies\u00a0with reduced\u00a0side effects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our prostate cancer treatment program is dedicated to preserving men&#8217;s quality of life. We provide therapies that are personal and precise.&#8221; said Dr. Feller.<\/p>\n<p>HALO Dx is the only center in the nation to offer both Laser Focal Therapy and TULSA-PRO\u00ae,\u00a0which use heat to precisely ablate cancerous tissue and leave healthy tissue intact.<\/p>\n<p><b>About HALO Diagnostics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At HALO Diagnostics\u00a0(HALO Dx), we recognize every patient is unique. Our focus is early detection and precision-focused healthcare,\u00a0preventing,\u00a0and conquering diseases that have a geometric impact on patient outcomes. We accomplish this with a personalized diagnostic ensemble including advanced imaging, genomics, non-invasive liquid biomarker\u00a0tests, and community-based data at scale combined with deep learning algorithms. By optimizing these solutions under the HALO Dx platform, we provide precise, actionable results to enable life-changing treatments by physicians for their patients.<\/p>\n<p>HALO Diagnostics\u00a0is a pioneer and recognized market leader in men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>Source:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIAN WELLS, Calif., &#8211;\u00a0This September,\u00a0National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month,\u00a0HALO Diagnostics\u00a0(Dx)\u00a0wants\u00a0men to know\u00a0just how vital routine\u00a0screening\u00a0is when it comes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-special-supplement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2134,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2132\/revisions\/2134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}