{"id":257166,"date":"2026-04-08T06:53:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257166\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:53:22","slug":"city-of-hope-offers-long-beach-unparalleled-care-for-prostate-cancer-brand-stories-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/257166\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Hope\u00ae offers Long Beach unparalleled care for prostate cancer \u2022 Brand stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

One in seven\u00a0U.S.\u00a0men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.<\/p>\n

Although incidence rates are high, there is\u00a0reason for hope\u00a0for the future of prostate cancer in\u00a0Long Beach and nearby communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cProstate cancer is by far the most common cancer in men over 50, but it is highly treatable, especially when detected early and treated by physicians with specialized expertise,\u201d says Nerses Simon\u00a0Tchekmedyian, M.D., a medical oncologist at City of Hope\u2019s Long Beach Elm and Long Beach Worsham locations,\u00a0and a\u00a0clinical\u00a0professor\u00a0in City of Hope\u2019s\u00a0Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research.<\/p>\n

Cancer-Focused\u00a0Teams<\/p>\n

After more than\u00a0twenty years of\u00a0fighting\u00a0prostate cancer,\u00a0Southern California\u00a0racing legend Bob Alderman\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0sure he would ever sit behind the wheel of a sprint car again.\u00a0Today, through City of Hope\u2019s multidisciplinary approach to\u00a0cancer treatment,\u00a0Alderman is back\u00a0at the racetrack, competing\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and winning.\u00a0\u201cCancer care is about teamwork, and City of Hope is my team,\u201d says Alderman.\u00a0\u201cI have a lot of confidence knowing City of Hope is with me so I can be exactly who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Courtesy photo.<\/p>\n

Innovative Treatments<\/p>\n

With its\u00a0academic research campus and\u00a0regional network of advanced cancer care,\u00a0City of Hope Orange County\u00a0offers patients\u00a0expanded access\u00a0to\u00a0comprehensive,\u00a0highly\u00a0integrated\u00a0care\u00a0and\u00a0one of the largest prostate cancer programs in the Western United States.<\/p>\n

City of Hope\u00a0has\u00a0unmatched\u00a0expertise\u00a0in\u00a0the most advanced prostate cancer treatments and technologies available, including:<\/p>\n

Robotic-assisted\u00a0minimally invasive surgery\u00a0utilizing\u00a0the\u00a0da\u00a0Vinci robotic system<\/p>\n

Advanced biopsy techniques,\u00a0including\u00a0targeted\u00a0transperineal\u00a0biopsy<\/p>\n

MRI and PSMA PET\u2013ultrasound fusion imaging<\/p>\n

These leading-edge approaches improve detection,\u00a0increased\u00a0accuracy\u00a0and speed recovery.<\/p>\n

Pioneering Research<\/p>\n

City of Hope also offers patients greater access to\u00a0innovative\u00a0prostate cancer clinical studies, including:<\/p>\n

Identifying\u00a0biomarkers for better\u00a0prostate\u00a0cancer detection.<\/p>\n

Testing\u00a0new ways to give\u00a0radiation therapy\u00a0that\u00a0reduce\u00a0side effects.<\/p>\n

Using reengineered immune cells to target prostate cancer throughout the body.<\/p>\n

We focus on curing cancer. You focus on life. This is Hope.<\/p>\n

City of Hope\u2019s regional network of advanced cancer care includes two locations in Long Beach: City of Hope Long Beach Elm and City of Hope Long Beach Worsham. Visit\u00a0CityofHope.org\/OC<\/a>\u00a0or call 888-333-HOPE (4673).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One in seven\u00a0U.S.\u00a0men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Although incidence rates are high, there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132,45246],"class_list":["post-257166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-sponsored-by-city-of-hope-orange-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}