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Doug has found himself drawn to advocacy, which has become his life’s passion. In October 2017 he was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer. Despite this life-changing event, Doug is still the same pleasant and hospitable fellow he always was, though now he lives with incurable cancer. Read more.
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A Metastatic Prostate Cancer Story: Stage 4, Part 1

After writing for this site for over a year, I realized that I’ve never completely shared my experience with stage IV metastatic...

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Participating in a Clinical Trial – Part 3

Unlike parts 1 and 2 of this series, I’ll be writing part 3 in the past tense as it was really difficult...

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By Doug Sparling

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Participating in a Clinical Trial - Part 2

Read Part I of Participating in a Clinical Trial. As I mentioned in Part 1, I had a PET (Positron Emission Tomography)...

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Participating in a Clinical Trial - Part 1

This week I started my first clinical trial that’s a treatment-based study. I only say “treatment based” as there are multiple types...

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By Doug Sparling

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Meet Doug and Cancer As Art

Recently, ProstateCancer.net sat down with Doug Sparling, community advocate and artist, to discuss his prostate cancer journey and how it inspired him...

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By Doug Sparling

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