As chief medical and scientific officer of the American Cancer Society, Otis Webb Brawley — who is also a professor of oncology and epidemiology at Emory University — is the public face of the cancer establishment. He operates in a world of similarly high-achieving, multiple-credentialed, respectable professionals, where insults tend to be delivered, stiletto-style, in …
Risk of infection with prostate biopsy versus the risk of not diagnosing prostate cancer. Which is worse?
When I was a kid and grocery shopping with my mother the first place I went in the store was to the butcher department. "May I have some bones for my dog please." The butcher dutifully disappeared and returned with about five or six bones all wrapped up and gave them to me. Free of …
Urologist abandons prostate cancer patient after making him impotent…
The patients I see with prostate cancer and who are considering their options have done a whole bunch of research "before" they have seen me and then even more after they have been given the diagnosis. It is hard to imagine that after that research and particularly after speaking to other patients who have been …
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what is a “proton friendly urologist” in regards to prostate cancer and bias?
I saw a patient yesterday who had been treated for prostate cancer by Proton radiation in Florida. His PSA was coming down nicely and some moderated voiding symptoms, managed before treatment with Flomax, had not changed. He was very pleased with his treatment choice in terms of all parameters. He had done quite a bit …
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a different take on the mri-spectroscopy for prostate cancer- and other sundry thoughts and usage of this modality
Yes that is Jolly Time Pop Corn that I get on the way to the Chattahoochee River at a small community IGA store. Ever been to one...it's a vestige of the past and a joy to shop in. Most of the products are from companies you would not recognize. I can chicken there $1.50 a lb. …
Why do the epidemiologists just pick on prostate cancer with the “informed decision” argument? What about other cancers?
The picture above is from knots in a pine board in our river cabin. It looks just like our dog..Chloe. If you are going to recommend to patients to really consider making a decision about whether they should even have a PSA done because of being diagnosed of a cancer that may not need to …
Chinese remedies for Prostate cancer? Why didn’t I think of that?
What do you think about this "review" of my book by someone on Amazon? An informative book if the reader is trying to decide between radiation or surgery only. But if you want to explore other avenues like Hormone Therapy as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine and other alternative modalities, there is no info at …
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Decision-making illustrations from “The Decision” Amazon’s Kindle number one book on prostate cancer.
Click on the illustration slide show link and then the slide show inside Flickr. Be sure to check: Show info and then under options...check slow. If you understand these illustrations (from "The Decision" book) then you will have a much better understanding of the issues necessary to make the decision specific to you and for the right …
Who or what exactly did Mr. Layton do battle with…himself or prostate cancer?
My thoughts on "battling cancer"...a year and a half ago First of all I understand that we don't know for sure if Mr. Layton died of prostate cancer or another cancer. I do wonder why we don't know or why we haven't been told. Odd. I thought this discussion and the perspective of "one does not …
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Being diagnosed of prostate cancer when it is too late to cure and dying of prostate cancer in one’s prime…Deja Vu all over again!
I remember when it was announced that this guy had prostate cancer. It is always interesting to me and sad that a person with the money, education, resources is diagnosed late with prostate cancer when it could have been so easily prevented and then dies in a year or so. How tragic. And yet all we read …
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