From "The Decision." The rectal exam - The male patient doesn’t want it done and the doctor is easily persuaded not to do it. This may sound odd to you, but sometimes you have to demand that a rectal exam be performed. A nurse that I work with in the operating room related to me that …
Prostate cancer question: Describe significant PSA pre and post prostatectomy,nanoknife,proton beam,HIFU,radiation therapy.
This was a comment/question a few days ago....this issue is confusing but I think I can simplify it-here goes. The ongoing debate about the PSA has to do with pretreatment decision-making. The PSA is often times elevated before the diagnosis of prostate cancer is made for many reasons other than prostate cancer. So some want …
sex and prostate cancer…some caveats.
Common searches about sex that end up on my site and some other various tidbits for you... Having sex the night before having a PSA drawn can elevate the value. Having sex before the Prostatic Acid Phosphatase will probably elevate the value. A rectal exam before having the PSA drawn will not elevate the value. …
PSA and Prostate Cancer: A Fool with a tool is still a fool? I am an advocate of getting one as a baseline in the man about 40 or so, then every two years with the GP’s exam.
You might disagree about PSA's and when and who they are done on...but about 5 times a year a 50 year old man comes into my office for his "first" rectal exam and PSA and it determined that he has asymptomatic advanced prostate cancer. Is it cost effective, are some being checked that are normal. …
Warning! 20 minute blog Podcast on prostate cancer, diapers and…the beatles? Download for free off of Itunes!
A podcast excerpt of a story at the end of "The Decision." I bet you didn't think I knew that much about diapers did you?
Are you a Internet Only prostate cancer patient?
Podcast on Internet Only type of patient. After examining a patient one day (PSA and rectal exam) he asked if that was all I was planning to do to him to check for prostate cancer. I said that what I had done was enough for now, the prostate felt fine and the PSA would be …
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prostate cancer, Jerry Okungu and frank zappa-deja vu all over again…and again and again and again…what is the answer?
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. SEER data show that a large proportion of so called early detected patients with pathologically localized disease (the best prognosis one can have) ultimately relapse …
Nicely put Tubby Smith…reasonable recommendations about prostate cancer early detection and “male awareness. He said “cancer free” he did not say cured…and that’s a big difference.
Tubby Smith says he had prostate cancer, now cancer free 6:56 AM, May 12, 2011 | MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota coach Tubby Smith says he's "feeling great" and free of prostate cancer after dealing with the disease for the past year. The university issued a statement from Smith on Wednesday. The 59-year-old had not previously revealed …
For prostate cancer the free PSA is helpful, but not fool-proof and is only one of the arrows in your prostate cancer decision making-quiver.
The below is helpful but not a stand alone type statistic or characteristic of your PSA. I have a friend whose free PSA was very high indicating a low probability of prostate cancer and ....all of his twelve cores showed cancer, however all the cores were Gleason's 6. The free PSA (being very low) was …
warning!!!/// newly diagnosed prostate cancer patient….to listen does not mean you have to heed….
Podbean thoughts on "sapping up" all you can from everyone before you make your "decision."
Prostate Diaries 