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Charlie Schmidt

Editor, Harvard Medical School Annual Report on Prostate Diseases

Charlie Schmidt is an award-winning freelance science writer based in Portland, Maine. In addition to writing for Harvard Health Publishing, Charlie has written for Science magazine, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Environmental Health Perspectives, Nature Biotechnology, and The Washington Post.

Posts by Charlie Schmidt

The sequence of hormonal therapy and radiation affects outcomes in men treated for prostate cancer featured image

Charlie Schmidt

The sequence of hormonal therapy and radiation affects outcomes in men treated for prostate cancer

New online model identifies which men can have fewer biopsies on active surveillance featured image

Charlie Schmidt

New online model identifies which men can have fewer biopsies on active surveillance

Hormonal treatments for prostate cancer may prevent or limit COVID-19 symptoms featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Hormonal treatments for prostate cancer may prevent or limit COVID-19 symptoms

Hormonal treatments for prostate cancer are often given late featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Hormonal treatments for prostate cancer are often given late

A new hormonal therapy for prostate cancer is under expedited FDA review featured image

Charlie Schmidt

A new hormonal therapy for prostate cancer is under expedited FDA review

New drugs approved for advanced BRCA-positive prostate cancer featured image

Charlie Schmidt

New drugs approved for advanced BRCA-positive prostate cancer

Combining different biopsies limits uncertainty in prostate cancer diagnosis featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Combining different biopsies limits uncertainty in prostate cancer diagnosis

New radiation therapies keep advanced prostate cancer in check featured image

Charlie Schmidt

New radiation therapies keep advanced prostate cancer in check

New study compares long-term side effects from different prostate cancer treatments featured image

Charlie Schmidt

New study compares long-term side effects from different prostate cancer treatments

African American and white men who receive comparable treatments for prostate cancer have similar survival featured image

Charlie Schmidt

African American and white men who receive comparable treatments for prostate cancer have similar survival

Researchers urge prostate cancer screening for men with BRCA gene defects featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Researchers urge prostate cancer screening for men with BRCA gene defects

Most men can hold off on radiation after prostate cancer surgery featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Most men can hold off on radiation after prostate cancer surgery

Darolutamide approved for nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Darolutamide approved for nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Common hormonal treatments linked to abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death in men being treated for prostate cancer featured image

Men's Health

Common hormonal treatments linked to abnormal heart rhythms and sudden death in men being treated for prostate cancer

Popular drugs used for treating enlarged prostates associated with high-grade prostate cancer featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Popular drugs used for treating enlarged prostates associated with high-grade prostate cancer

From Brexit to TRexit: Transperineal biopsies pose a challenge to the traditional transrectal biopsy method featured image

Charlie Schmidt

From Brexit to TRexit: Transperineal biopsies pose a challenge to the traditional transrectal biopsy method

Can a man with abnormal PSA and a negative diagnostic MRI avoid a prostate biopsy? It’s debatable featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Can a man with abnormal PSA and a negative diagnostic MRI avoid a prostate biopsy? It’s debatable

Highly accurate test reveals recurring prostate cancer featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Highly accurate test reveals recurring prostate cancer

African American men respond better to treatments for advanced prostate cancer in clinical trials featured image

Men's Health

African American men respond better to treatments for advanced prostate cancer in clinical trials

Diet and exercise limit heart disease risk in men undergoing hormonal treatments for advanced prostate cancer featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Diet and exercise limit heart disease risk in men undergoing hormonal treatments for advanced prostate cancer

Hormonal therapy for aggressive prostate cancer: How long is enough? featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Hormonal therapy for aggressive prostate cancer: How long is enough?

Long-term statin use protects against prostate cancer death featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Long-term statin use protects against prostate cancer death

Smoking tied to more aggressive prostate cancer featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Smoking tied to more aggressive prostate cancer

Investigators unveil metastatic prostate cancer’s genomic landscape featured image

Charlie Schmidt

Investigators unveil metastatic prostate cancer’s genomic landscape

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