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 …
Urology Humor
A physician should have a ready wit....dourness is unpleasant to the well and the sick alike. "What do you call a tire made out of 365 condoms?" A good year!
Buddies
People do die of prostate cancer….it might not be “most” but men do indeed die of it my friend!
Well that depends on the definition of most is? Does 30,000 seem like a small number to you? Prostate cancer is mostly slow growing. Yes. Prostate cancer usually affects the old. Yes. Most people die with it instead of - of it. Yes. Do young people die of it? Yes. Are men diagnosed young and …
Penelope atop Mount Yonah
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 …
I respectfully disagree…the rectal exam for prostate cancer is not “rocket surgery.”
"He's the kind of man that when his character and reputation meet on the street...they don't recognize each other." DRE is still a key diagnostic tool in assessing risk for prostate cancer January 17th, 2013 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis A new study just published in the Canadian Journal of Urology has reminded us of …
Do prostate cancer patients get “distracted” by all the treatment options, misconceptions, and advice of friends? You bet!
Keep your eye on the prize and don't be distracted by digging for sticks and scooting a bumper....(oh I'm sorry that's Penelope and Baby Breeder). Make decisions based on your disease specifics and details peculiar to you and your family. Misconceptions are only one of the distractions... From "The Decision" Misconceptions abound as well about …
MRI and ultrasound fusion for better biopsy detection for prostate cancer…Next up…the practical application of it
The above is EMR (Electronic Medical Records) by lamp light...this stuff is killing me! It's funny to me that we are told that insurance won't be paying for the Psa ($70) on one hand, but then everyone gets excited about doing a biopsy that will require a MRI at one location and then a specially equipped …
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