Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.~ Mikhail GorbachevI have playing around with these Polldadday polls and the question about "which treatment do you think gives you the best chance at cure." Well the overwhelming response is surgical removal. Well if that is the prevailing opinion, …
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I don't have to read this article. The Gleason did not change...it was there all along. When you do a biopsy and it's all Gleason 6 and then you remove the prostate and there are elements of Gleason 7, did it change between the time of the biopsy and the subsequent removal....6 weeks? Well no, …
This story makes a strong point and one that is not lost on any surgeon who has had a patient not do well and ultimately die after an operation. Particularly in prostate cancer this is a concern because of some prostate cancers being "low risk, slow-growing, die with it not of it type" kind of …
Penelope on Jibjab Don't monkey around with prostate cancer!
Podcast on "Waiting on the damn prostate biopsy results." You've been there haven't you?
For years urologists have been aware of the "upgrading" of the Gleason's score when comparing the biopsy report with the final pathology report. The tricky thing here is that the urologist and the "surveillance minded" patient are making decisions about surveillance on limited information, i.e. the biopsy report. ( Think of twelve cores about twice …
PR Web Press Release-Old news but fun to see how some marketing folks manipulate the search engines..etc. The reason this book is number one on Kindle for the subject of prostate cancer is that it is easy to read. The other reason is that there are stories at the end that star the prostate gland. …
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They drank the mushroom koolaid and did not get cancer and I didn't and I got prostate cancer. So the study is correct...right?
Here's a dirty little secret for you....prostate cancer patients often don't choose the treatment that they feel gives them the best chance for cure. They are "I want my cake and eat it too type" patients. By this I mean, "Which treatment will best treat my cancer and limit my potential side effects and complications." In …
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