A previous blog post about the "art of getting away with it" prostate cancer and those nasty mean ole urologists. Vince Flynn dies of prostate cancer at age 47.
Elvis Presley, prostate cancer and Graceland.
In August of 1977 my mother and I went to Columbus, Georgia to get me a stereo system. I had labored all summer both from the standpoint of working at a NAPA auto parts store and studying my options for the right system in a Service Merchandise Catalogue. A Pioneer receiver with the lowest watts …
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Fifty shades of grey and prostate cancer: Not all prostate cancers are alike.
Just cause your buddy at work or your uncle Harry chose one particular treatment and did great dont mean you will. You gotta know specifics.... Gleason's , PSA , rectal exam, path report, voiding pattern, underlying health, personality and family situation. That's right- personality...Why is that important?
Shades of grey prostate cancer: Do know why the prostatic urethra is important both to surgery and radiation treatments?
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Prostate cancer rule# 5: Get a baseline line PSA before the age of 50.
Nearly Half Of All Deaths From Prostate Cancer Can Be Predicted Before Age 50 18 Apr 2013 A new design of screening could improve ratio between benefit and harms of screening Focusing prostate cancer testing on men at highest risk of developing the disease is likely to improve the ratio between benefits and the harms …
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Don’t make assumptions regarding prostate cancer decision making.
"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in." - Isaac Asimov
prostate cancer and “youth is wasted on the young” and a thousand words are worth a picture.
So it is the fall of 1979 and I am a junior medical student at The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. I am to be married to my current wife in December of the same year. Because of this I had to scramble to have a place to live for the three months of …
Fifty shades of prostate cancer Rule #2-For better or worse a prostate biopsy is the only way to definitively diagnose prostate cancer.
Bladder neck contracture, prostate cancer, prostatectomy and treatment…
This is a video of a patient who is s/p a prostatectomy and has developed a bladder neck contracture. He presented with diminution of his urinary stream. If a patient is voiding well after the prostate is removed and then the stream slowly decreases the likelihood is that he has developed a bladder neck contracture. …
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Regarding Prostate Cancer Decision Making- Does It Matter That You Can Do Radiation After Prostatatectomy But Not Vice Versa?
I mentioned the concept in my book, I think urologists (rightfully or wrongly) use it as a reason for patients to have their prostate removed, patients often use it as a justification to have the prostate removed, it probably pisses off and frustrates the radiation therapist....and that is the concept of: If I remove the …
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