Robotic Cyberknife, Prostaricision, Protons and the Robotic prostatatectomy. The “marketization” of prostate cancer. Buyer Beware! Oh yeah…don’t forget the Nanoknife.

CyberKnife to me sounds like you are cutting something. That it is " robotically" controlled makes me think it may be something like a robotic prostatectomy.  Proton therapy sounds different from radiation therapy. Is it? ProstatRicision sounds to me like something is being cut. "Radiosurgically treating something seems to me that if you use the word "surgical" that …

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 …

Article in Athen’s paper-A book to give the newly diagnosed patient with prostate cancer. “It is not for a urologist-it is for the urologist to give the patient.”

  ONLINEATHENS.COM   Doctor writes book as a prostate cancer survivor080310living1joe.vanhoose@onlineathens.com For some 20 years, Dr. John McHugh had watched his patients struggle with what to do after he told them they had prostate cancer.   Doctor writes book as a prostate cancer survivor By Joe VanHoose - joe.vanhoose@onlineathens.com Published Tuesday, August 03, 2010 For …

the robot got my prostate cancer!

I ain't saying I'm agin it.....I am just sayin, you ought to think on it. -  JM Reuter's article on "the robot" WebMd-More incontinence and ED? Science Daily-Costs for robotic higher? Dr. Catalona's thoughts Robotic- Is it time to  reassess?

If you don’t know the names, Brawley, Berwick, or the role of the FDA, OCNA, or CMS in the future of Obama’s National Healthcare, you’d better start paying attention. Was Palin right after all?

Otis Brawley The Wit and Wisdom of Don Berwick. Wall Street Journal on Berwick.  Who is Donald Berwick? Meet your new head guy of Medicare and Medicaid. Appointed by your President during a recess and without Congressional debate. Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth …

For humor to be effective there must be an element of truth. That the family guy “prostate” episodes are funny shows that men in general would rather not have the prostate exam. This “rectal refusal syndrom” plays a role in delaying the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Family guy sues doctor for rectal exam. Violated!  The reason the above resonates as funny is that many men really feel  this way about a doctor doing  the prostate exam. This in turn leads to attempts at early detection being thwarted.  You hear about a famous person being " stricken" with terminal prostate cancer almost …