In my practice the most common pelvic cancer that I see in patients treated with radiation is bladder cancer. A caveat: would these patients have gotten bladder cancer anyway?, this study looked at radiation after surgery had essentially failed to do the job, and I am not saying this is a reason not to choose …
awareness, awareness, awareness…I remember vida blue pitching… he was a gorgeous pitcher…i was a pirates fan…i could pick them up on my mother’s malibu am radio…roberto clemente, stargell…all from a little car am radio in my front yard in lagrange, ga… oh yeah…prostate cancer
If I remove the prostate for prostate cancer I’m cured right? Maybe! The importance of the Partin table.
Partin table-you must understand the significance of this to make an "informed decision" I have done a post similiar to this in the past, but the issue keeps coming up in patients I talk to and I felt it was worthwhile to revisit. As simplistic as this drawing is, it answers a question and …
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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One man’s view of life one year after prostate cancer treatment-Jim Tucker and prostablog
New Zealand is a favorite post-urologic residency destination. They have a very good urologic medical community and I have two friends that did a fellowship there. That Mr. Tucker speaks of being sexually active after a prostatectomy bespeaks of the folks over there performing a prostatectomy the right way ( I also noted the length …
something attributed to Osler and applies to prostate cancer when you have been treated-“the well wear a crown that only the sick can see.”
Something I give to all my patients who are leaning for the surgical removal of the prostate is a part of a chapter from Patrick Walsh’s book on prostate cancer. It has to do with post-prostatectomy incontinence. The beauty of the piece is that Dr. Walsh thoroughly vets the unpredictable nature of this issue. I …
prostate cancer and the history of the “finger”…ps- that’s not the one we use to do the prostate exam
a urologist examines the prostate of a patient and tells him that it is normal. the patient says, " I want a second opinion." the urologist then re-examines the man's prostate with two fingers. " Well there's your second opinion. It's still normal." Be careful what you ask for! Ignorance is bliss and ignorance kills. …
prostate cancer and dinky and donky by doug gray
This is good and makes the point, but really you need to be aware before " wee-wee" issues. Love your prostate- Doug Gray's site
Live prostate exam on Dr. Oz- Of 200 men in the audience 68%had never had a prostate exam…and that my friend is the issue!
From "The Decision" An easy way to get a rectal exam and PSA done is to look for free prostate screenings during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. My community has one every year, and it is an easy way to get checked at a convenient time and at no expense. Usually the urologists will do the …
did you know this?- about prostate cancer
Please add in the comment section something you did not know and now you do, maybe something you wished you'd known at the beginning of your "decision" process. For me in this category would be this..... the robotic removal of the prostate is usually done intraperitoneal and the open method is extraperitoneal. This means that …
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Prostate Diaries 