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Charlie Schmidt
Editor, Harvard Medical School Annual Report on Prostate Diseases
Charlie Schmidt is an award-winning freelance science writer based in Portland, Maine. In addition to writing for Harvard Health Publishing, Charlie has written for Science magazine, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Environmental Health Perspectives, Nature Biotechnology, and The Washington Post.
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Men's Health
How does waiting on prostate cancer treatment affect survival?
Cancer
Prostate cancer in transgender women
Men's Health
Prostate cancer: How often should men on active surveillance be evaluated?
Men's Health
What are the chances that prostate cancer will return after surgery?
Men's Health
Can plant-based diets lower your risk of prostate cancer?
Men's Health
Prostate cancer: How long should hormonal therapy last?
Men's Health
Prostate cancer: Zapping metastatic tumors with radiation improves survival
Men's Health
Prostate cancer: Can imaging substitute for repeat biopsies during active surveillance?
Men's Health
Prostate cancer: Radiation therapy elevates risk for future cancers
Men's Health
Promising therapy if PSA rises after prostate cancer surgery
Men's Health
An emerging treatment option for men on active surveillance
Men's Health
Some men whose prostate cancer progresses can safely delay treatment
Men's Health
New treatment approved for late-stage prostate cancer
Men's Health
Comparing traditional and robotic-assisted surgery for prostate cancer
Men's Health
Treatment with abiraterone significantly improves survival in advanced prostate cancer
Men's Health
New study investigates treatment-associated regrets in prostate cancer
Men's Health
Acupuncture relieves prostatitis symptoms in study
Men's Health
Recent study shows more complications with alternative prostate biopsy method
Men's Health
Study: No effect on cognitive functioning from treatments for advanced prostate cancer
Men's Health
Cardiovascular safety from prostate cancer drugs remains uncertain
Men's Health
Level of health literacy affects treatment choice for slow-growing prostate cancer
Men's Health
A new treatment for advanced prostate cancer improves survival in phase 3 clinical trial
Men's Health
Large review study finds low risk of erectile dysfunction after prostate biopsy
Men's Health