The picture above is from knots in a pine board in our river cabin. It looks just like our dog..Chloe. If you are going to recommend to patients to really consider making a decision about whether they should even have a PSA done because of being diagnosed of a cancer that may not need to …
Chinese remedies for Prostate cancer? Why didn’t I think of that?
What do you think about this "review" of my book by someone on Amazon? An informative book if the reader is trying to decide between radiation or surgery only. But if you want to explore other avenues like Hormone Therapy as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine and other alternative modalities, there is no info at …
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Decision-making illustrations from “The Decision” Amazon’s Kindle number one book on prostate cancer.
Click on the illustration slide show link and then the slide show inside Flickr. Be sure to check: Show info and then under options...check slow. If you understand these illustrations (from "The Decision" book) then you will have a much better understanding of the issues necessary to make the decision specific to you and for the right …
prostate cancer and smelling like basil….what? a honey do list or the O’Reilly Factor and prostate cancer…she’s looking out for you!
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Prostate-Cancer-Awareness-prnews-4068980716.html?x=0&.v=1&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter the honey do list.....i agree.....strong women guiding men..... i am all about that..they are strong..men are weak... i get it in my book i tell the story about a man in his 40's who goes to his family doctor and is told that he did not need a rectal exam or a PSA because "he was …
Are you smarter than a fifth grader…about prostate cancer?
No symptoms...does it matter? Low PSA...does it mean no cancer? Big prostate...means cancer? Small prostate means no cancer? Surgery better than radiation? Proton better than regular "ole" radiation? Age over 75-is surgery best? Do you have a higher incidence of impotence with cryosurgery? Why do they only do Proton on the well-mod prostate cancer in …
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Does having a prostate biopsy “spread” or “let the cancer get out?”
Answer: Never been showed to....
Who or what exactly did Mr. Layton do battle with…himself or prostate cancer?
My thoughts on "battling cancer"...a year and a half ago First of all I understand that we don't know for sure if Mr. Layton died of prostate cancer or another cancer. I do wonder why we don't know or why we haven't been told. Odd. I thought this discussion and the perspective of "one does not …
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Being diagnosed of prostate cancer when it is too late to cure and dying of prostate cancer in one’s prime…Deja Vu all over again!
I remember when it was announced that this guy had prostate cancer. It is always interesting to me and sad that a person with the money, education, resources is diagnosed late with prostate cancer when it could have been so easily prevented and then dies in a year or so. How tragic. And yet all we read …
Healthy 63 yr old with prostate cancer and favorable parameters on prostate biopsy report. Which treatment for prostate cancer best?
Question: I am 63 years old and in good health. I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer (Gleason 6; low volume; TIC Stage 2). My urologist–a surgeon–went through the options with me and my wife. He also stated that he felt I was a prime candidate for using the new trueBeam radiation method (45 treatments). He …
If an elevated PSA goes down after antibiotics does that mean you don’t have prostate cancer?
Well...I see patients all the time who have had an elevated PSA in the past and their family M.D. put them on 2 weeks of Cipro and then had the PSA repeated. Often times the PSA will go to normal and the family M.D. will then repeat a PSA at say 6 months. Often …
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