Prostate Cancer: Expert Advice for Helping Your Loved One

Posted by E. David Crawford, MD | Dec 2023

E. David Crawford, MD, and David Mobley, MD, FACS, presented “Prostate Cancer: Expert Advice for Helping Your Loved One” for the Grand Rounds in Urology audience in December 2023.

How to cite: Crawford, E. David. MD, and Mobley, David, MD, FACS. “Prostate Cancer: Expert Advice for Helping Your Loved Onel.” December 2023. Accessed Apr 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/prostate-cancer-expert-advice-for-helping-your-loved-one/

Prostate Cancer: Expert Advice for Helping Your Loved One

David Crawford, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Grand Rounds in Urology, sits down to talk about how patients and their loved ones can best navigate a prostate cancer diagnosis with David Mobley, MD, FACS, co-author of the book, “Prostate Cancer: Expert Advice for Helping Your Loved One.” They begin by referencing how the idea for the book came about between Dr. Mobley and Contributing Editor for Grand Rounds in Urology, Neil H. Baum, MD, after they saw a similar book intended for the partners of women with breast cancer. They discuss how Dr. Mobley and Dr. Baum, teamed up to address the questions and concerns patients and their partners often have that medical doctors rarely have time to answer in detail.

Dr. Mobley then discusses how Dr. Richard G. Key, MD, a specialist in treating the psychological effects of cancer diagnoses, joined the author team to provide guidance to the man and his partner on how to handle the emotional and psychological symptoms of prostate cancer. They discuss how the inclusion of Dr. Key’s expertise elevated the book by humanizing each case.

Finally, Dr. Crawford and Dr. Mobley discuss how the book relays information in the context of the experience of a couple navigating prostate cancer treatment. The format of each chapter is a vignette of a real prostate cancer patient, followed by an explanation for the questions raised in the vignette, and ending with further questions a man and his partner may have.

About The Author

E. David Crawford, MD

Researcher-physician E. David Crawford, MD, has devoted his career in medicine to educating the public about men's health issues and finding effective techniques and procedures to address prostate cancer, the most common malignancy affecting men in the United States. He is currently a Professor of Urology and Jack A. Vickers Director of Prostate Research at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Crawford received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati and his postgraduate training included an internship and residency in urology at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. He subsequently completed a genitourinary cancer fellowship at the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Crawford is an internationally recognized expert in benign prostate hypertrophy, urologic cancers, and in particular, prostate cancer. He has conducted research in the treatment of advanced bladder cancer, metastatic adenocarcinoma of the prostate, hormone-refractory prostate cancer, and other areas of urological infections and malignancies. He has authored or coauthored over 810 scientific articles, has published seven textbooks, authored over 60 book chapters, and provided more than 2,200 educational talks for patients and physicians. In an effort to raise public awareness about prostate health, Crawford in 1989 founded the Prostate Conditions Education Council (PCEC). The non-profit organization is comprised of a consortium of leading physicians, health educators, scientists, and men's health advocates. PCEC's advocacy for free or low-cost prostate screening has affected the lives of millions of American men. He currently chairs the PCEC. Crawford is an active member of many national and international organizations, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Urological Association (AUA), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Within the AUA, he has been a member of the Committee to Study Urologic Research Funding and the prostate cancer clinical trials subcommittee. Crawford served on the board of governors, the scientific advisory board of the Southwest Oncology Group, and was chairman of the Genitourinary Cancer Committee for 27 years. This group is the largest clinical trials group in the world. Crawford's involvement in the national prostate cancer arena has been widely recognized. He has received many honors and awards, including the CAP Cure Annual Award for Scientific Presentation in 1999 In 1997, he was presented with a 'Freddie Award" at the AMA International Health and Medical Film Competition for the program, ITV: The Cutting Edge Medical Report (Prostate Cancer: Understanding, Diagnosing, and Defeating), which Crawford hosted with special guest, retired General Norman Schwarzkopf. Crawford again won a prestigious 'Freddie Award" 5 years ago... He is a member of Best Doctors of America and was named Healthcare Provider of the Year in the Denver Metro area by the Denver Business Journal. He has been recognized as one of the Best Doctors of America for the past two decades and is recognized as one of the top 20 urologists in the country, for men, by Men’s Health Magazine. In 2018 he received the honor of being named the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year from the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. In May of 2019, he received the Presidential citation from the American Urological Association recognizing for his “tireless role in genitourinary cancer research that has benefited countless urologic cancer patients.” He accepted the position of Editor in Chief of Grand Rounds in Urology in June of 2019. In 2021, he was the recipient of the Merle Stringer, M.D. annual award for excellence in medicine by the Florida State Medical Association.

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