From "The Decision" Think apples to apples, prostates to prostates. A little knowledge – Don’t get too cute with what you’ve learned from your research; there is no reason to “go it alone” in making your decision. Don’t be clever by half. On one particular occasion, however it has happened countless times, I had just …
How can a PSA go up if the prostate has been removed for prostate cancer?
As a surgeon I have to often times dissuade patients from choosing surgery. You think I'm kidding don't you? Surgeons do it all the time. Radiation therapists also tell some patients that radiation may not be the best option for them. That I know is even harder to believe....just kidding. (It's a surgeon-radiation therapist thing.) Many …
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What should I expect after a prostate biopsy checking for prostate cancer because of an elevated PSA?
There will blood places and that is normal. Blood at the tip of your penis, blood when you urinate, blood with bowel movements, and blood in your semen if you are sexually active. Blood is expected and rarely a problem and almost always limited in duration. As a rule, don't worry about the blood. Urology tip: …
Well…dahhhhhhhh. Breasts vs. prostate cancer.
Men prefer large breasts to enlarged prostates. Movember A new study has indicated that despite 1 in 6 men being diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes, men know less about how to monitor and prevent this condition than they know about what women should do to protect themselves from breast …
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How a urologist decided what to do after being told he had prostate cancer.
Factors that a urologist with prostate cancer used to make his " Decision." I am not advising that you make the decision I did. (That is the difference between this book and many others about prostate cancer.) I am advising that you make your decision the way that I did. It has to be done based …
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Palo Alto prostate cancer buddy video….only one of the many arrows you will need for your “decision” quiver.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Prostate Cancer Buddy Program- Watch....but watch with a "grain of salt." I have not watched this assortment of videos. Here is what I'd tell you as a patient and as a urologist about this if you choose to watch. People in general and patients in general tend to "romance" their treatment choice, …
searches about prostate cancer that drive surfers to my site…and things i have learned on the internet…
In the picture above is my garage and my 1986 Toyota truck, my first air-conditioned car that I bought in residency in Augusta, Ga to use to moonlight in Millen, Ga for extra money. On the truck are our three cats, in order from right to left, Kitten, Annie, and Kibber. On the hood is Penelope as …
Which of the following guidelines regarding screening protocols for prostate cancer would have saved Frank Zappa or Richard Albin’s father? Hmmmmmmmmm.
Pepe the Prostate....the interview.... Brawley and Brooks are "Public Health" types and this explains their position on screening. "Making decisions for the masses" with an emphasis on what is cost effective. Why such a descreptancy between the ACS and the doctors (AUA) who are actually treating the disease? I mention this so that you will "take with …
a prostate cancer thriller in manila…in this corner Gleason’s 8, and in this corner….lycopene….be sure to click on the first comment….my sentiments exactly!
I adore tomatoes and I got prostate cancer. Go figure. " A favortie post from the past." (The post most commonly googled!) Masturbation and Tomatoes Post...another all-time favorite. If you are betting between a Gleason's 8 prostate cancer and lycopene......bet on the Gleason's 8. Tomatoes could offer hope to prostate cancer victims By Daily …
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 …
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