prostate cancer – Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone

MRI-Fusion Transperineal Prostate Biopsy: What It Changes, and What It Does Not

Two separate advances often get credited to each other. MRI targeting is what improves what the biopsy finds; the transperineal route is what makes serious infection rare. Understanding which does what changes how you read the numbers.

Lycopene and Prostate Cancer: What the Evidence Actually Supports

Tomatoes are good food. That is not the same as a proven way to prevent prostate cancer — and the processed sauces this article once recommended as the best sources come with problems of their own.

Prostate Cancer Prevention: What the Evidence Supports, and What It Does Not

Sorted by how good the evidence actually is. Weight, smoking and alcohol are worth acting on. The supplement advice this page used to give has been withdrawn — one of those recommendations was tested in a large trial and failed.

Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: How It Works, and What It Costs

Lowering testosterone controls prostate cancer effectively — and takes a real toll on bone, heart, muscle, mood and sexual function. What ADT does, what it does to you, and what should be monitored alongside the PSA.

Understanding Your Prostate MRI Report: What PI-RADS Scores Mean

PI-RADS grades how suspicious an area on the scan looks, from 1 to 5. A low score is reassuring but is not a zero, a score of 3 is genuinely undecided rather than an automatic biopsy, and the number is one input among several.

MRI in prostate cancer detection: Do you get any benefits from it?

An elevated PSA does not automatically mean you need a prostate biopsy. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains how MRI of the prostate helps distinguish aggressive cancer from harmless disease — and can spare many men an unnecessary needle biopsy.

Should I Have a PSA Test? Prostate Cancer Screening Explained

A PSA above 4.0 sends a lot of men to my clinic frightened — and most of them do not have cancer. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains what PSA actually measures, who benefits from screening, and why the decision belongs to you.