> Clinical Research Program
The Clinical Research Program is now located at the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (formerly known as the National Naval Medical Center) at 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889.
The Center for Prostate Disease Research is located on the third floor of Building 19. The new state-of-the-art clinic opened on August 23, 2011, as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process that began in 2005. The clinic at WRNMMC will continue to provide exceptional care to military beneficiaries suffering from prostate disease as well as the opportunity to participate in clinical trials for the prevention and treatment of prostate disease.
For more information or to set up an appointment, please call 301-319-2900.
Prostate Cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting 1 in 6 men. A non-smoking man is more likely to develop prostate cancer than he is to develop colon, bladder, melanoma, lymphoma and kidney cancers combined. In fact, a man is 35% more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than a woman is to be diagnosed with breast cancer.
In 2011, more than 217,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than 32,000 men will die from the disease. One new case occurs every 2.5 minutes and a man dies from prostate cancer every 19 minutes.
It is estimated that there are more than 2 million American men currently living with prostate cancer.
The goal of CPDR's clinical research program is to combine prostate screening,
data collection, clinical diagnosis, education and counseling, and prostate
disease clinical trial research in an efficient, personal, patient oriented
center. This unique approach to the diagnosis and treatment of prostate
cancer and other prostate-related diseases has resulted in significant
clinical breakthroughs in these areas. In concert with the basic science
research program, the clinical research program's clinicians and researchers have achieved
a number of scientific discoveries through extensive patient observation
and data analysis.
In addition, the patient care
program is highly regarded among prostate cancer survivors, and CPDR
physicians are experts in the treatment of prostate cancer and other related diseases.
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David G. McLeod, 
