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 …
prostate cancer wrong diagnosis? suspicious for but not diagnostic of…what?
A story about a missed prostate cancer diagnosis. Suspicious for but not diagnostic of prostate cancer. I've told patients for years that the diagnosis of prostate cancer is an easy one to make for the pathologist. It is probably the most common biopsy they get on a day to day basis. I refer to it as …
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why did the AMA support national health care and what is up with the ACS’s issue with the PSA? could it be about politics or money?
American Cancer Society Got it Wrong: Study Confirms Prostate Cancer Test Saves Lives Jul 2, 2010 American Cancer Society Got it Wrong: Study Confirms Prostate Cancer Test Saves Lives PR Newswire WASHINGTON, July 2 ZERO Demands ACS Apology to All American Families About Prostate Cancer Testing as New Proof Emerges on the Effectiveness of the …
What’s new about this? It’s what we’ve been doing for years.
Prostate Cancer Goes to Washington PCF Hosts Discussion on Capitol Hill about the PSA TestA flurry of confusing research about the benefits of PSA testing has left many men and their physicians reticent to use a test that may be life-saving, says a panel of prostate cancer experts. The experts who gathered on Capitol Hill in …
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Dr. Walsh is the real deal in anything prostate cancer-period.
PSA Cancer Screening, Much Like a Seat Belt, Is a Wise Choice for Men Prostate test saves lives by catching the disease when it's still curable By Patrick C. Walsh Posted December 1, 2009 Patrick Walsh, a professor of urology, is a former director of the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine. …
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Bart simpson and prostate cancer and the “evil PSA”-damned if you do damned if you don’t
Doctor Settles For $600,000 For Not Informing Man Tests Suggested He May Have Prostate Cancer- By: Joseph Hernandez Description : Men often possess a scant understanding of prostate cancer, their own chances for the cancer, and the methods available for detecting if they have prostate cancer. Many men have limited, if any, understanding of …
prostate cancer and people profiting from it- is he talking about me?
March 10, 2010 Op-Ed Contributor The Great Prostate Mistake By RICHARD J. ABLIN Tucson EACH year some 30 million American men undergo testing for prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme made by the prostate. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994, the P.S.A. test is the most commonly used tool for detecting prostate cancer. The …
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