Prostate Biopsy-Cost, Testamonials, Informative Links, Managing Pain, and a Urologist Who Has Had One Too
Prostate Diaries Most Popular Post with Over 50 Comments- Very Informative- Add Your Story for the Benefit of Others.
People do die of prostate cancer….it might not be “most” but men do indeed die of it my friend!
Well that depends on the definition of most is? Does 30,000 seem like a small number to you? Prostate cancer is mostly slow growing. Yes. Prostate cancer usually affects the old. Yes. Most people die with it instead of - of it. Yes. Do young people die of it? Yes. Are men diagnosed young and …
Penelope atop Mount Yonah
Removing the prostate for cancer by the cyberknife…did a patient really say that?
I occasionally respond to questions asked on the various message boards and one comment caught my eye this past week. The person on this particular board announced, " I have decided to have my prostate removed with the cyberknife." That's some pretty effective marketing Harry! CyberKnife to me sounds like you are cutting something. That it …
Continue reading "Removing the prostate for cancer by the cyberknife…did a patient really say that?"
Da Vinci Robotic Urologic Surgeon Dr. Brent Sharpe Has Joined Northeast Gerogia Urological Associates in Gainesville, Georgia.
Dr. Sharpe received his bachelors degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1994. After obtaining his Medical Degree from East Carolina University School of Medicine in 2000, he completed a surgical internship at Texas Tech University, where he worked under Dr. Bernard Mittemeyer whose prostatectomy technique is the basis of …
A fool with a tool is still a fool
Robotic prostate surgery rises, but results unclear New York Times Published Saturday, February 13, 2010 Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu was trained to take out cancerous prostates by laparoscopy: making small incisions in the abdomen and inserting tools with his own hands to slice out the organ. "Patients interview you," said Cadeddu, a urologist at the University of Texas Southwestern …
Treated differently or a…”different kind of patient?”
Study confirms prostate cancer is treated differently at county vs. private hospitals January 25, 2010 Researchers at Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego and colleagues have found that prostate cancer treatments varied significantly between county hospitals and private providers. Patients treated in county hospitals are more likely to undergo surgery while patients treated …
Continue reading "Treated differently or a…”different kind of patient?”"
Prostate Diaries 