When it comes to prostate cancer decisions….it’s all about what a man can ” wrap his mind around.”

 "Who are you" from The Decision Despite the " Catchy Title" what we in the business call a Proxy Headline, the following gives credence to active surveillance and at the very least....that the newly diagnosed prostate cancer patient had time to arrive at a well thought out decision.  Here's the main thing and something often …

One of Frank Zappa’s last interviews before succumbing to prostate cancer at age 52 two years after diagnosis.

If you have spent anytime on my little ole site here, you might think that I am obsessed with Frank Zappa. Well, I am not. The deal is that we have very little real life stuff to watch that makes you feel, I mean really and gutturally feel, the tragedy that is a man being …

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 …

“If you remove the prostate, you’re cured. Right?”

Secondary treatment after prostate surgery linked to disease severity By Sarah Guy 13 January 2010 BJU Int 2009: 105: 28–33 MedWire News: The likelihood that prostate cancer patients who experience biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP) will receive salvage therapy depends on the severity of their disease, where they were treated, and when they …