Prostate Cancer Patient Stories

Taking it to the Rim to Raise Prostate Cancer Awareness

Ralph Lewis

  • Prostate Cancer
Taking it to the Rim to Raise Prostate Cancer Awareness

I was born and raised in Philadelphia, and I played high school basketball at Frankford. In 1981, I started playing basketball for La Salle University.

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Valentino Cardillo

Valentino ‘Val’ Cardillo

  • Prostate Cancer
Valentino Cardillo

My decades-long career working for companies involved in the healthcare industry took me all over the United States, from the Northeast, to the Midwest, to the South. Years later, so did my cancer treatment, eventually leading me at Fox Chase Cancer Center.

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Gary Cavallo

Gary Cavallo

  • Prostate Cancer
Gary Cavallo

At 73, I’m totally invested in my health and vigilant about keeping up with my doctors’ visits. When I went to my primary care physician in 2020, he alerted me that my PSA level was up, an indication that I had a problem with my prostate. I know the normal range is from 1 to 4. Mine was 5.2. “We’ll take another PSA down the road,” the doctor said. We did another one, and that was 5.6.

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