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Podcast on Internet Only type of patient. After examining a patient one day (PSA and rectal exam) he asked if that was all I was planning to do to him to check for prostate cancer. I said that what I had done was enough for now, the prostate felt fine and the PSA would be …
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The below is helpful but not a stand alone type statistic or characteristic of your PSA. I have a friend whose free PSA was very high indicating a low probability of prostate cancer and ....all of his twelve cores showed cancer, however all the cores were Gleason's 6. The free PSA (being very low) was …
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See the stick particles in her teeth and froth on her lips....her tired from chasing sticks and "chewin em." Podcast thoughts on Frank Zappa and Prostate Cancer
Clarion ForeW0rd Five Star Review of "The Decision." Not too shabby! HEALTH The Decision: Your prostate biopsy shows cancer. Now What? John C. McHugh Lulu 978-0-6920-0565-1 Five Stars (out of Five) There is very little that is more startling than getting a call from a doctor with the news that the diagnosis is …
Product Details Format:Kindle Edition File Size:2433 KB Page Numbers Source ISBN:069200565X Publisher:Jennie Cooper Press (January 1, 2011) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services Language:English ASIN:B004HO62HU Lending:Enabled Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews) 16 Reviews 5 star: (14) 4 star: (1) 3 star: (1) 2 star: (0) 1 …
Podbean Prostatic urethra podcast (say that three times!)
Don't make your prostate cancer decisions based on what "other people" did unless you know "all" about the specifics of them and their disease. "A word to the wise is sufficient."
Podbean video podcast on prostate cancer and the reluctant and misinformed male
First of all the PSA as a judge of the status of prostate cancer after treatment is reliable. There is a PSA bump that is sometimes seen after seed therapy which reverts to normal with time. The period of time when the PSA begins to rise, hovers and then goes back down in these …
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