Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
The article below is one of the few times I have actually seen written the concept of a low PSA and prostate cancer. Why is it important? Because often times men will have a physical exam by their family doctor and everything is checked but the prostate by rectal exam. (Remember the article that stated …
Continue reading "A low or normal PSA and still have prostate cancer? You bet!"
First off all...look at the sentence I highlighted in bold. Are you kidding me? Concerns about a CT scan and radiation all the while finding no complaints regarding treating the prostate cancer with radiation regardless if it's seeds, Proton, or external beam. The use of "misuse" is an attention getter is it not. We have known for years …
New Robotic Surgery Technique Maintains Sexual Function After Prostate Cancer Surgery The SMART Technique (Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique) Enhances Surgical Precision and Maintains Sexual Wellbeing After Prostate Cancer Treatment Dr. David Samadi, Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, and Chief of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center knows the wide …
North Georgia is known for being in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and for the small streams associated with that. The state fisheries department "stocks" the streams with Rainbow trout that they raise at various hatcheries. The state then takes them by truck and empties the fish into the small streams at bridge …
Patients often choose their treatment for prostate cancer not by which has the best cure of the cancer rather which treatment best blends cure with the risks. Prostate cancer differs in this regard from most other cancers and why many prostate cancer men choose radiation. Dirty little secret: patients understand and full well know the …
Continue reading "Five reasons not to have a robotic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer."
men are not prisoners of fate...they are prisoners of their own minds.....FDR- that's a 1966 Ford Mustang-289-original body style John...nothing you drive has an airbag...a lot of people depend on you...buy a new car! The Five Reasons:You don't have radiation in your body the rest of your life.You don't have radiation in your body the rest of …
insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results... Radiation is a bit like Round Up (the grass killer). If you spray grass with it, the grass doesn't immediately die...it takes days to weeks. And then is some spots, the brownis grass turns green again. So if you have radiation today...some …
This article caught my eye because of a story a week or so ago about the GPs in the U.K. and Australia coming out against PSAs and rectal exams in the 40-year-old male. Same old argument...the likelihood of finding a cancer is low, too many men treated, costs, wouldn't have made a difference etc etc blah blah blah. For this to really interesting to …
Continue reading "What do Pathologists know about prostate cancer that the Australian GPs don’t?"
Everything you need to know and ask about a vasectomy "before" you have one done. (If you have a question or issue not addressed, mention it as a comment and I'll address it gladly. I want this to be an "exhaustive" resource to those considering a vasectomy.) Five myths about a a vasectomy often used by …
Amazon search/All Departments for Prostate Cancer Podcast on how to use books on Amazon to help in your decision....oh yea...I forgot, don't forget the counsel of your doctors! To make the right decision about "your prostate cancer" you need to evaluate all the arrows in your quiver. There is no question that Patrick Walsh's book …
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