How can one predict the need for radiation after having the prostate removed for prostate cancer?
If you are choosing to have a prostatectomy because "you'll be cured" Or if you think that you'll have the option of having radiation if cancer comes back Or if you think "well if I have the prostate surgery I can have radiation but not vice versa" Or if you think one or the other …
Prostate Cancer, Impotence, Boy Scouts Wood Badge, and Marriage….
I have a Wood Badge in Scouting...a so-call masters degree in scouting that you get if you spend four weekends or so dressed up like a Boy Scout and learning everything known to man about fires, knots, cooking and getting along in the outdoors. One of the tests we were given in regards to starting …
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prostate diaries question: do urologists recommend active surveillance for prostate cancer? well….hell yea!
One of my heroes of all time is Will Rogers. If you have not read a book about him....do it. He is the best. He was a Rush Limbaugh of sorts in the early 1900's. My son, Sam is an Eagle Scout, and he and I hiked for two weeks in New Mexico at Philmont. …
CNN Comes to Northeast Georgia Urology for March Madness and No Needle No Scalpel Vasectomy
CNN's Heath Minute About Northeast Gerogia Urological Assoc. March Vasectomy Madness
The Lockerbie bomber, Gaddafi, oil, hillary and obama and what? Prostate cancer
Remember the uproar of the doctors missing the timing of the Lockerbie bomber and he was released to Libya to die in a predicted three months? No one at the time could figure out why such a missed diagnosis and what pressures Libya could possibly bring to bear on his captors to gain his release? Well...I …
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Highlighted excerpts on Amazon’s Kindle about prostate cancer nuances from “The Decision” are revealing….
First of all...how does Amazon know when an individual who has a Kindle marks something as a highlight? I saw these highlights today for the first time on the Kindle page for my book. I go there from time to time to read comments and check ratings. I want to comment on the highlights. Before …
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 …
Good question! Does urgency improve after radiation? Northeast Georgia Urology
"John, don't let short-term gratification out weigh long-term gain." That's what my mother said to me many times and that is why I am a doctor. It is however not why I am a urologist. "Mom....this is John. I have decided to be a urologist." "Ye Gods John. Do you know what they do." Priceless and …
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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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