What is Real Men Wear Gowns?
10 News and Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology have partnered to help raise awareness for Prostate Cancer, emphasizing the importance of testing regularly for the disease. Our goal is to help encourage men in the Tampa Bay area to take action and get tested.
Who Should Be Screened?
Approximately 28,000 men die of prostate cancer annually. The American Cancer Society recommends testing starting at age 50 for average risk men. Of the 1.6 Million men in Tampa Bay, 48% are over the age of 50.
However, men who are considered high-risk should begin screening at age 45. Those at high risk include African-Americans and men with a first-degree relative (father, brother, son), diagnosed at an early age (younger than age 65).
Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology
Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology can help you and your loved ones get through a diagnosis of Prostate Cancer. Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology (TBRO) formed in 2003, is a locally owned and physician managed organization committed to providing experienced, state of the art cancer treatments in a caring and professional manner.
We practice in four free standing clinics, strategically located throughout the Tampa Bay Area to offer convenience to patients and state of the art planning capabilities offered at other major academic cancer centers across the country, so patients can receive their cancer care at home with support of family and friends.
If you are considering radiation therapy, you must first schedule a visit with one of our radiation oncologists to see if radiation therapy is right for you.
Please call 877-709-1225 for more information.
Ask the Doctor
Click here for a FAQ about prostate cancer, answered by Tampa Bay Radiation Oncology's certified doctors.
Stories
8:25 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Tampa Bay Lightning, the Lightning Foundation, and The Yerrid Foundation will host more than 2,000 cancer survivors and those impacted by the disease.
9:02 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind.
12:30 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Peanut is an 8-year-old orangutan and a star attraction at Miami's Jungle Island. These days she's also got a team of cancer doctors around her.
2:50 PM, Sep 1, 2012
Did you know cancer kills over half a million people a year in the United States?
4:32 PM, Sep 10, 2011
Despite the rainy weather, more than 600 competitors took part in the annual Mortal Plant Mease Foundation Prostate Cancer Awareness Race in Clearwater.
12:06 PM, Sep 8, 2011
The prostate cancer screenings and lectures are free and open to the public.
4:50 PM, Jun 19, 2011
Anchor Reginald Roundtree was helping guys sign up for the 10 News' Real Men Wear Gowns today at Tropicana Field.
12:10 PM, Apr 8, 2011
Steve Lavin has prostate cancer and will undergo
treatments in the coming weeks, but the St. John's men's basketball coach is
expected to continue his coaching duties without interruption.
10:17 PM, Mar 28, 2011
About half of men ages 18 to 50 don't have a primary-care physician, and a third haven't had a checkup in more than a year, a new survey shows.
1:21 PM, Feb 2, 2011
A new analysis raises fresh questions about the risks of the blockbuster cancer drug Avastin, suggesting the chance of dying from side effects linked to it is higher than the risk for patients on chemotherapy alone.
5:08 PM, Jan 10, 2011
Could detecting cancer be as simple as a blood test? Researchers are working to develop a test to find cancer cells shed from tumors.
6:26 PM, Jan 3, 2011
Researchers are making progress on a blood test that can spot a single cancer cell among a billion healthy ones.
11:59 AM, Dec 7, 2010
Aspirin is already known as a wonder drug for heart disease; data released tonight suggests it might even be a life saver for cancer, too, reports CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton.
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