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(Image of PSMA-F18 PET scan demonstrating cancer hidden in lymph nodes). https://cancerecology.com/cancer-cell-dormancy daily 0.75 2016-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1482887455288-RJJXZ5RCTUD2PTCTL73V/bone+scan.png Cancer cell dormancy The Pienta laboratory is actively studying how prostate cancer cells metastasize, become dormant, and reawaken. https://cancerecology.com/what-we-do daily 0.75 2016-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1482881861008-88T6SVUSKQDCE5BMM0OV/believe.png A Message to Patients https://cancerecology.com/locally-advanced-prostate-cancer-1 daily 0.75 2014-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390928870858-4D9B6T9WGP8017NSS9W3/topography.jpg Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer https://cancerecology.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1482863859550-R7MLI3EW4X8S3CF1DFDD/IMG_0330.JPG Contact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1482884052631-BRVT7WCPZAFLP467UUGG/image-asset.png Contact We are located on the Johns Hopkins Hospital Campus in East Baltimore. https://cancerecology.com/hopkins-inhealyh daily 0.75 2017-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390928870858-4D9B6T9WGP8017NSS9W3/topography.jpg Hopkins inHealth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483401999414-E4LNK2L3MHHGUQFJ58OQ/image-asset.png Hopkins inHealth https://cancerecology.com/active-surveillance-in-prostate-cancer daily 0.75 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390928870858-4D9B6T9WGP8017NSS9W3/topography.jpg Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer https://cancerecology.com/current-clinical-trials daily 0.75 2022-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74d9ae4b0253945d2aee9/1390928870858-4D9B6T9WGP8017NSS9W3/topography.jpg Current Clinical Trials https://cancerecology.com/donate daily 0.75 2021-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1482879925609-M2VQRADIAVRTQ7PV6FE0/PIENTA+kenneth+2.jpg Donate https://cancerecology.com/cancer-ecology daily 0.75 2022-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1482889757463-02N7BAOH26SLZL83CGJZ/image-asset.png Cancer ecology Cancer cells and host cells continually interact in a dynamic fashion, refashioning the tumor microenvironment and ultimately, affecting patient health. https://cancerecology.com/tumor-associated-macrophages daily 0.75 2016-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1482890605337-VBTVWAURM7VHZXYNW0MK/image-asset.jpeg Tumor associated macrophages The Pienta laboratory is actively studying how to selectively target M2-tumor associated macrophages for destruction as a therapy for multiple cancers. https://cancerecology.com/psma-imaging daily 0.75 2017-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483400375474-RN9OKJL60N4OAO2POMWF/psma1.png PSMA Imaging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483400584910-BZLTNICCZ2MSUR0GGG7V/psma3.png PSMA Imaging The PSMA-F18 PET scan is an experimental scan that is being investigated to prove its sensitivity and specificity for detecting prostate cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483400915859-P1C2MEFXRL1P9D6E2W6Q/psma4.png PSMA Imaging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483400949932-S2P347Z5Q24ARPJ73PXC/psma5.png PSMA Imaging https://cancerecology.com/prostate-cancer-precision-medicine-center-of-excellence daily 0.75 2017-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483846738404-OH2C9EDV3WEP492N6FBO/Untitled.png Prostate Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483847431205-MZSMPNAY32WLTQ3S4FMO/image-asset.png Prostate Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1483847713594-PS9D0TRTDGVULMCBGJ3U/PSMA2.png Prostate Cancer Precision Medicine Center of Excellence https://cancerecology.com/the-cancer-diaspora daily 0.75 2017-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1488836277082-X6XGGJVWEAAB36NPB90H/image-asset.jpeg The Cancer Diaspora Prostate cancer diaspora: Cancer cells leave the primary tumor through various paths (lymphatics, nerves, blood vessels) and disperse through the blood stream to target organs. Nearly 100% of men with metastatic prostate cancer demonstrate involvement in the bones. https://cancerecology.com/disseminated-tumor-cells-dtcs daily 0.75 2017-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1500398505991-ZQDGGTIXLI5ED5XB7GSI/DTC.png Disseminated Tumor Cells (DTCs) Disseminated tumor cells are cancer cells that have left the primary tumor and survived in the circulation to land in a distant organ. https://cancerecology.com/the-cancer-swamp daily 0.75 2017-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1500402476343-TZDNOIOLUQTWZ8WY6S2D/Cancer+swamp The Cancer Swamp (Left) Excess nitrogen and phosphorus deposits stimulate the growth of photosynthetic algae, resulting in a characteristic algal bloom. As the algae die off, organic material accumulates and decomposition levels increase, leading to severe hypoxia. These harsh conditions select for efficient anaerobic decomposers. The build-up of the waste product of anaerobic fermentation, carbon dioxide, results in an acidic environment. Ultimately, the severe conditions lead to the local extinction of native species and eventual irreversible ecosystem collapse. (Right) Even in the absence of external stimuli, cancer cells have a high proliferation rate, rapidly expanding to a tumor mass analogous to an algal bloom. As the tumor grows, it quickly outstrips its vascular supply, resulting in a hypoxic microenvironment. To survive, the cancer cells alter their metabolism to utilize relatively inefficient anaerobic glycolysis, exhausting available nutrient sources. The accumulation of lactic acid, the waste product of anaerobic glycolysis, results in an acidic microenvironment. Ultimately, the harsh “cancer swamp” selects for highly lethal cancer superclones. Simultaneously, the toxic conditions lead to increased rates of necrosis, extinction of native host cell types, and eventual organ failure. Oncotarget. 2015 Apr 30; 6(12): 9669–9678. https://cancerecology.com/cancer-as-a-social-dysfunction daily 0.75 2018-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1530744052284-JWBE88LN0J2A1IEEW6GH/Picture1.png Cancer as a social dysfunction see Ref 1. https://cancerecology.com/new-page daily 0.75 2021-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1c0e0199-b19d-4a09-bcf0-1557d3fc8f44/Screen+Shot+2021-12-15+at+2.48.16+PM.png Oligometastatic cancer: Total Eradication Treatment TET) Trials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://cancerecology.com/a-tribute-to-don-coffey-phd daily 0.75 2018-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5862977020099ed7751900b0/1540506305486-IL6RXN3HBK1S9YIM7BNL/Unknown-1.jpeg A tribute to Don Coffey, PhD Donald S. 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