John C. McHugh M.D. GreenLight TM Laser Photovaporization of the Prostate

BPH or benign prostatic enlargement of the prostate is not cancer. BPH causes urinary symptoms manifested by a slow stream. Prostate cancer may or may not be accompanied by BPH. This is why the male wrongly assumes that not having voiding symptoms means that he doesn't have prostate cancer. This misconception has probably done more …

Thirty four years ago this month…amazing. I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.

In June 1981 my wife and I and our 4 month old baby boy went on a cross country camping trip to California and back. I had just completed medical school and we were living off student loans and Karen's teacher's salary. She was breast feeding and we pulled a Coleman pop up camper  with …

The more things change about prostate cancer …the more they stay the same.

It has been about five years since "The Decision" has been published. I am working, minimally I might add, on the next edition. Minimally because very little has changed in the decision process. Yes there are new treatments, the robotic removal is performed better with less problems by more experienced urologists, but this fact remains. …