A patient and friend who was 49 asked me at a party when he should have his prostate checked. I said that the blood work and exam could be done in less than five minutes. I told him he could come by anytime at the end of his work-day through my office’s back door, and …
show some loving to the urologist who did your biopsy
What is happening in increasing numbers and frequency is that a patient will have his biopsy done by his local urologist and then go about finding someone else to do the surgery. The trend has been to look for robotic surgeons and then go there for the treatment. I am Okay with that, I think …
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Glorified vasectomy?
The male anatomy after the prostate has been removed becomes very similar to the female anatomy. Without the prostate the relationship of the bladder to the external sphincter and urethra are the same. This is why men will often times experience leakage of urine with activity much like some women(stress incontinence). When the prostate is removed the …
Prostate cancer and press releases revealed
Patient Friendly Book Simplifies Prostate Cancer Treatment Choices. "The Decision:Your Prostate Biopsy Shows Cancer. Now What?" By John C. McHugh M.D. A Urologist and Prostate Cancer Survivor. A "urologist with his own disease" uses medical insight, personal experience, and humor in a novel fashion to guide the prostate cancer patient in making a treatment …
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A fool with a tool is still a fool
Robotic prostate surgery rises, but results unclear New York Times Published Saturday, February 13, 2010 Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu was trained to take out cancerous prostates by laparoscopy: making small incisions in the abdomen and inserting tools with his own hands to slice out the organ. "Patients interview you," said Cadeddu, a urologist at the University of Texas Southwestern …
And grow hair? I’m in!
Using finasteride and dutasteride to prevent prostate cancer February 13th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancer A recent study at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has reanalyzed data regarding Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) to see if it is possible to address this problem. The authors state two conclusions: Clinicians wishing to reduce the risk of any biopsy-detectable prostate cancer should …
Oh really? Only one in 35 actually die? Which one will it be?
Most Not Worried by Delayed Prostate Cancer Therapy Posted by appdrugs in Uncategorized. Tagged: health, news, Prostate, prostate cancer, Therapy. Comments Off Men who delay treatment for their early prostate cancer are not especially anxious about living with the disease, new Dutch research shows. The evidence seems to contradict the assumption that living with untreated prostate …
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the prostate and breast are more similiar than you think-but not like you’d think
Perspectives Nature Reviews Cancer, advance online publication, Published online 11 February 2010 | doi:10.1038/nrc2795 Opinion: Breast and prostate cancer: more similar than different Gail P. Risbridger1, Ian D. Davis2, Stephen N. Birrell3 & Wayne D. Tilley3 Abstract Breast cancer and prostate cancer are the two most common invasive cancers in women and men, respectively. Although …
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there is no free ride-pick your poison
There is no free ride, pick your poison
A placenta for good luck?
A few years ago I had a patient that needed his prostate removed for cancer. He lived on a farm in North Georgia and always came to the office by himself, I never saw his wife or family, and he was always in overalls. He was a big man, stout looking and had a very thick …
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