Prostate Cancer Patient Stories

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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Peter Grove

Peter Grove

  • Bladder Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Ureteral Cancer
Peter Grove

Nineteen years ago, just after I turned 60, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I had noticed some blood in my urine, and the first doctor I talked to told me not to worry about it. Then over the next few months it got worse, and I decided to go to Fox Chase Cancer Center.

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Todd Greco

Todd Greco

  • Prostate Cancer
Todd Greco

I’ve always been fastidious about getting my annual physical and bloodwork. Even in 2020, when COVID kept us all at home, I did a telemedicine visit. Of course, I couldn’t get bloodwork, but since I felt perfectly healthy, I just waited until my annual 2021 exam.

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