Urologists are biased...sort of. Radiation therapists say we use "patient selection" to suit us.
Prostate Cancer Blog search question: PSA at 5, prostate removed thirteen years ago. What’s wrong?
The PSA is variable when used in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. It can be low and someone have cancer, it can be high and not have cancer. It can go down with antibiotics and a person could still have cancer (this happened to me). So the use of the PSA in the diagnosis is …
Top Google Search for Prostate Cancer: What is PIN? Another good question!
Non-Cancerous Prostate Biopsy Results: PIN What percent of atypia results in cancer on followup biopsy? PIN: Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasm----Most likely no big deal. Think of the actual individual prostate gland cell...the nucleus isn't right. For a cell to be "cancerous" it has to invade tissue. In PIN there is no invasion, just a funny looking nucleus. …
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Can you get cancer if you have sex with a man who has prostate cancer?
So...A dream I had as a child was a pool with a lap lane. I love to swim and when I was younger , I was actually quite the swimmer. I rarely lost a race in any stroke. There was a boy in Columbus, Georgia who regularly beat me...but no one else. I ruled …
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The number one tweet for March 1 in regards to prostate cancer. Superior test!
Superior test for prostate cancer. That's what she said! Scientists at the University of Surrey identified a protein called EN-2, which is only produced by prostate cancer cells. Studies show a test for the protein detects 60 to 70% of cancers. But the false positive rate - men who are wrongly diagnosed with cancer - …
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Question:I am on prostate cancer surveillance. Can I use testosterone?
I have a friend who is a doctor and has prostate cancer. We made the diagnosis about two years ago and he has elected to do surveillance. His level of sexual activity is improved with the addition of Androgel. He was at his internist's office for a blood pressure check yesterday and the internist was …
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question: if the prostate cancer comes back after prostatectomy, do you have to use hormones “and” radiation?
My radiation therapist colleagues often recommend hormone therapy ( although this treatment is often referred to as "hormone therapy" actually they all take away the male hormone testosterone, so it should be "anti-hormone therapy) because they feel it potentiates the effectiveness of the radiation. It is clear that it helps in the unfavorable cancers, the article …
bob monkhouse diagnosed with prostate cancer after it was too late. he is still one of the most common google searches that arrive at prostate diaries.
Another top search that gets people to this blog. They all want to know about Elizabeth Thompson, his first wife. Monkhouse on dying of prostate cancer Monkhouse, Albin, Bixby, Zappa, Folgelberg-What do they all have in common? These are the type of patients early detection and "early awareness" are trying to find. The top ten Bob …
No Needle No Scalpel Vasectomy Info-cartoon for Northeast Georgia
Northeast Georgia Urological Associates Vasectomy Page This has nothing to do with prostate cancer. I have been using the Madajet Technology to perform no needle vasectomies and it has made a difference on several fronts. I just thought it might be interesting to you " needle phobic " men out there.
a Bart Simpson ” damned if you do and damned if you don’t” issue..what to do with a high psa and one negative prostate biopsy?
Recent comment/question on this blog I recently had a PSA of 17 and so saw a urologist and he ordered antibiotics for a month and another test. Tested the same and so he performed a biopsy with the 12 small cores you mentioned. Biopsy came back negative for cancer. I should mention there have been …
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