Medical insight, personal stories and humor from a urologist who has been where you are now.
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 …
In my opinion patients have a better feel for what to expect in terms of impotence and incontinence with surgery than with radiation. You better believe that the urologists out there are telling there patients about the possibility of complications, this is innate to all surgeries. Patients understand that surgery means anesthesia, risk of bleeding, and other …
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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 …
what one does betters what's doneSee how the articles written for mass consumption leave a lot to be desired. They paint with "broad strokes." In the young patient below we are not told his PSA, volume on biopsy of disease nor his Gleason's score. Readers of this blog, readers of my book should be able to …
Continue reading "When it comes to prostate cancer…”Just the facts mam, just the facts.”"
Podcast on the Partin Table and the Gleason 8-9 patient. Who are you? http://prostatediaries.podbean.com/mf/web/5q9wj2/partintablesandprostatecancer.mp3
Here is a thought for you...So your PSA is high and you get a biopsy. The biopsy shows PIN. No cancer is seen. You are told, " Uh Oh...you have a higher percentage of having prostate cancer if we do another biopsy. So here is my thought. If you have the bad cancer or the very large volume …
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