Prostate biopsies, Prostate Cancer, Psa, Otis Brawley of the American Cancer Society, and Tuskegee- Wow!

Prostate Cancer Planner Never Takes PSA Test Compares Prostate Screening to Tuskegee Experiment Opposes Prostate Cancer Awareness Stamp, Says Post Office Should Deliver Mail, Not "Misleading Advice" By Jacqueline Strax Otis W. Brawley M.D. in the year 2000 was Director of the Office of Special Populations Research and Assistant Director, Office of Science Policy at …

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 …

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 …