Review of "Salvage" options if prostate cancer comes back after radiation. One of the most common reasons I am given by patients choosing to have their prostate removed is the argument that one can do radiation after surgery but you can't (easily) do surgery after radiation. It is a valid argument and I think …
all you ever wanted to know (or tell) about sex after prostate cancer treatment-take Dr. Peter’s Online Sexuality Survey
Examples of survey responses Prostate Cancer Online Sexuality Survey My name is Dr. Jo-an Baldwin Peters (PhD) and I am the Principle Investigator of an online survey for prostate cancer survivors and their partners.My fellow researchers are Dr. Joel Funk, a certified Urologist associated with the Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, and Court Brooker …
Decision point and the Marias River and the Lewis and Clark expedition. What will be the “decision point” in your prostate cancer decision journey?
"The Decision"- For Lewis and Clark So what will do it for you? What will be your "Decision Point?" For me it was my age (52 ) and my concerns about cure. For you…will it be? Cure Your age Your health Your bias The specifics of your biopsy and PSA Your domestic situation Your work …
what is the “real difference” between a proton and a photon as it relates to the treatment of prostate cancer?
Proton-photon...it's all the same to me…. Comparing the two as it relates to the treatment of prostate cancer. Iceberg-Feinberg it's all the same to me. Commentary on Proton therapy-Cost and "bang for the buck" concerns. Did you know that for some prostate cancers a photon is better than a proton? I have asked a physicist, who I …
rush limbaugh, prostate cancer, breast cancer, pink shoes and latex gloves (is that a urology thing?), the nfl, and the wnba. what?
Rush Limbaugh weighs in on the Breast vs. Prostate debate the prostate and prostate cancer….the rodney dangerfield of cancers and organs June 26, 2010 by John McHugh M.D. | Edit budding urologist with incontinence-author circa 1959 Five reasons the prostate is the “Rodney Dangerfield” of organs…it gets no respect. “I’m not a sexy …
Rush Limbaugh says pink shoes are about increasing the NFL’s women audience… and raising money for breast cancer. Women, the only majority that is a minority?
Limbaugh on the NFL's Pink and Breast Cancer Awareness. His theory does explain the question about why no Prostate cancer blue month in the NFL. My interest in this "Pink stuff" is more about how it is affecting performance of the athletes. If you have ever played or are a big fan of sports you know …
Will NFL players (and fans) secretly be glad when the pink shoes and gloves are gone? Prostate cancer blue a better color for football?
I predicted this would happen and there will be more commentary on it. Sports are laden with rituals and superstitions. The color jersey for a home or away game, a throw back uniform of a championship game or championship season, the special bat, the special shoe, it goes on and on. I have a special spot that I park …
I think the Breast cancer pink shoes made a NFL place kicker miss. Baby blue is much more football friendly. The AUA has work to do!
A lot has been written about the pink accessories the NFL players have been wearing. If you are a prostate cancer advocate, you have got to be jealous of how the league permitted and how the players embraced wearing pink. I easily get the cheerleaders and maybe a pink ribbon on the back …
Ted Danson helped out with prostate cancer long before “Bored to Death.”
I have had fun with the character in "Bored to Death" Ted Danson getting prostate cancer. I have learned a lot about the TNM staging system. It is confusing. I initially posted about that it was not "real life" to just tell a patient that he had Stage Two prostate cancer. That is a very broad statement. …
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prostate cancer, bored to death, ted danson, “fiscally responsible, sexually…out of control.” Why the McHugh ” Who are you” factors are so important in your decision.
I saw a patient recently as a second opinion regarding what to do about his newly diagnosed prostate cancer. "What is most important to you?" I asked. He said, " I want my very best chance of cure regardless of the side effects. I also want to be able to do something curative if the …
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