Richard Albin's OpEd to the New York Times- Notice (as my mother would say) the "tone." "I discovered the PSA."- Richard Albin My unpublished letter to the NYT's regarding Richard Albin's OpEd. Now........the real story, or as Paul Harvey used to say...." the rest of the story." (posted at http://www.roswellpark.org/media/press) PSA and the PSA Test: …
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 …
Lockerbie bomber, prostate cancer, medical records, BP oil, bribes, congress demanding medical history, terrorists, possibly a purposeful missed diagnosis?…..the stuff novels are made of.
Does a "terminal" patient walk up a ramp to big a airplane? I think the concerns and outrage regarding this person's release may have merit. I look forward to seeing the medical records. See post on "androgen refractory prostate cancer" and therein lies the answers. Terrorist, plane crash, BP oil connections, suspicious release from prison, Libya, …
One more story about my mother….nothing to do with prostate cancer and by the way I still want to be on Colbert-Help!
Ten reason why I should be on the Colbert Report Let’s go flying Will Will Rogers-One of my heroes Wiley Post Several years ago I had the idea that it would be neat to visit my mother on mother’s day by plane. I have a friend who is an ophthalmologist, a pilot and owns a …
prostate cancer in jamaica, michael rows the boat ashore, ackee and cultural issues related to the delayed diagnosis of prostate cancer
Michael Row the Boat Ashore Ackee Several years ago I was fortunate to lead a church mission trip to Jamaica that was both medical and construction related. We ended up in Ochos Rios and then from there bused to a small church that was closely associated with a hospital. Beautiful but impoverished country. At the hospital there was very …
Bill Aucoin, Kiss, Billy Idol, Cutthroat Trout, and Post Modern Music, Fly fishing, and of course that ole chestnut…Prostate cancer.
Each fall for about 15 years some friends and I went hiking and fishing out west to some of the nicest trout waters and areas in the world. Above is one of my favorite pictures. On this particular occasion we were in Idaho on the Selway river in the Bitteroot Wilderness very near where Lewis and Clark traversed in …
Frank Sinatra’s chef- Dining for a Cure-Prostate cancer
Letter of the week: Help a local chef in his fight for life Readers • The Desert Sun • July 25, 2010 My father, Alberto Sabatino, has been a local chef in the desert for the past 20 years. He was diagnosed with an aggressive stage of prostate cancer a few months ago. A resident …
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ADT, LHRH agonists,Lockerbie bomber,ProstaScint,Hormone refractory prostate cancer,and…questions from Janice
July 22, 2010 Dear Dr. McHugh – Your primer is very interesting, but after reading it, I have a few general questions. First if all, if a patient has a rising PSA after his initial treatment, how far do you let the PSA rise before initiating more treatments, and are the additional treatments always the …
the vicissitudes of prostate cancer, androgen deprivation – “hormone” therapy and how it relates to the locerbie bomber
If you comprehend the previous post and this one you will more fully understand the stories that will come out about the Lockerbie bomber's " missed life expectancy" prediction and some of the nuances of Androgen Deprivation Therapy. (ADT) In the ideal scenario one has his prostate cancer treated with whichever modality he chooses and the …
the key to the lockerbie bomber “missed life expectancy debacle” starts with charles b huggins-did you know that only humans and dogs get prostate cancer?
Charles B. Huggins Prostablog post on L.B. A few nuances about prostate cancer and hormone therapy. Hormone suppression does not cure prostate cancer. It will allow a person to live longer. Whether you start hormone suppression early on in the disease or later has very little affect on the ultimate life expectancy. Different prostate cancers ( …
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