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People do die of prostate cancer….it might not be “most” but men do indeed die of it my friend!
Well that depends on the definition of most is? Does 30,000 seem like a small number to you? Prostate cancer is mostly slow growing. Yes. Prostate cancer usually affects the old. Yes. Most people die with it instead of - of it. Yes. Do young people die of it? Yes. Are men diagnosed young and …
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Removing the prostate for cancer by the cyberknife…did a patient really say that?
I occasionally respond to questions asked on the various message boards and one comment caught my eye this past week. The person on this particular board announced, " I have decided to have my prostate removed with the cyberknife." That's some pretty effective marketing Harry! CyberKnife to me sounds like you are cutting something. That it …
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Otis Brawley and Joe McGinniss and inoperable prostate cancer……A cartoon. “Be glad you don’t get all the government you pay for.”- Will Rogers
Otis Brawley: I have never had a PSA and do not desire one. I have had relatives with the disease. I just do not believe it saves that many lives. Mr. Brawley is the medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society The Associated Press NEW YORK, N.Y. – Author-journalist Joe McGinniss says he …
Are comments like these from Otis Brawley contributing to stories like this in regards to the late diagnosis of prostate cancer?
Otis Brawley: I have never had a PSA and do not desire one. I have had relatives with the disease. I just do not believe it saves that many lives. As chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, Otis Webb Brawley — who is also a professor of oncology and epidemiology at …
That mean ole conniving PSA…he’s worse than Mr. Prostate Cancer!
Things a doctor would not do....have a prostate cancer test PSA is a "simple" blood test to check for prostate cancer. Know what it stands for? Prostate Specific Antigen. Or rather, as many doctors will tell you, Persistent Stress and Anxiety. Prostate cancer is far more common – and, usually, less serious – than most …
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I respectfully disagree…the rectal exam for prostate cancer is not “rocket surgery.”
"He's the kind of man that when his character and reputation meet on the street...they don't recognize each other." DRE is still a key diagnostic tool in assessing risk for prostate cancer January 17th, 2013 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis A new study just published in the Canadian Journal of Urology has reminded us of …
Da Vinci Robotic Urologic Surgeon Dr. Brent Sharpe Has Joined Northeast Gerogia Urological Associates in Gainesville, Georgia.
Dr. Sharpe received his bachelors degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1994. After obtaining his Medical Degree from East Carolina University School of Medicine in 2000, he completed a surgical internship at Texas Tech University, where he worked under Dr. Bernard Mittemeyer whose prostatectomy technique is the basis of …
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