Conversation between post robotic prostatectomy patient and friend: "So Bill how's it going. I understand you've had your prostate removed by the robot." Bill: " It's great. Small incisions, very little pain, out of the hospital in a day and already driving. It's amazing." Friend: "So you doing good with the leaking and sex part?" …
When is someone “cured” of prostate cancer?
A negligible PSA at ten years post treatment is good, however no one really knows for sure they are cured.
Castrate resistant prostate cancer. Do you know how much these drugs cost?
Can anyone share their experience with how they paid for this new class of drugs? I got a quote from a pharmacy of $5500.00 a month. Obamacare okay with that?
Prostate cancer book review on Amazon.com-The Decision
The following comment on Amazon regarding "The Decision: Your prostate biopsy shows cancer. Now what?" makes a good point. That is that no matter how many forms of therapy for prostate cancer there are...the decision tree is the same. One must "know thy self" in order to make the right decision about one's prostate cancer. …
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Dirty little prostate cancer secret: often times sexual function preservation is better with surgery than with radiation. Do you know why?
September 2013 review of The Decision: Your prosate biopsy shows cancer. Now what?
Not the only decision making tool in your quiver, but an important one. 9/2013 Amazon Reviews: The Decision is the most helpful, clear and engaging book that I read about my prostate cancer. Dr. McHugh has gone through this himself, and his approach is from the perspective of both a urologist and a patient. …
Have the “experts” become nihilistic about prostate cancer?
All urologists want to do for prostate cancer is surgery, I mean IMRT-damned if you do damned if you don’t!
GAO Report: Rad Oncs Thumbs Up, Urologists Thumbs DownRoxanne NelsonAug 06, 2013A new report on physician self-referral abuse in prostate cancer treatment has been met with a decidedly mixed response. Although one group has applauded the report from the Government Accounting Office (GAO), 3 urologic associations have resoundly condemned it. The report found that physicians in practices that …
If they don’t want to pay for the psa and don’t feel prostate cancer should be treated then why all the fuss about new MRI fusion to detect?
High-Tech Prostate Scan May Boost Cancer Detection Combo of ultrasound and MRI zeroes in on tumors, helping some men avoid biopsy, experts say By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- An innovative fusion of MRI and ultrasound might be a better way to detect and assess prostate cancer, while helping men …
Fifty shades of prostate cancer: If you have your prostate removed for prostate cancer and the PSA starts to rise i.e. “My cancer came back.” Actually it really never left.
Search site for Partin's Table Search for extra capsular extension. The prostate cancer is outside of the prostate microscopically at the time of prostatectomy- Robot or not!
Prostate Diaries 