If continence is that one most important factor don’t choose removing your prostate for prostate cancer.

My Dog Calendar for 2012 Don't buy it...just click the preview button. I bet you'll see a dog or two you recognize. Since my book has been written I see a lot of patients who show up for a second opinion. I get to hear first hand the impressions made by the original urologist. Sometimes it's …

prostate cancer message boards vs. the doctor. who ya gonna listen to?

A question (slightly amended for privacy) from a message board. I am so happy to report that my husband's bone scan, x-ray and cat scan all came back negative and the doctor feels the cancer is contained to him prostate.  I understand it could actually be a bit outside which won't show up on any …

“Battling” prostate cancer is more a mental thing than a physical thing. What did Yogi say? “50% mental?”

If it's true for baseball can it be true for cancer? I have a friend who feels he is divorced today because his wife could not handle the ramifications of the treatment of prostate cancer particularly the recovery to potency or lack thereof. He felt she felt he was "damaged goods." When I learned I …

why doesn’t prostate diaries mention (specifically) proton therapy or HIFU for the treatment of prostate cancer?

Ross commented on How I as a urologist made my "Decision." As I work my way through the treatment decision, I find myself gravitating to either Proton Radiation Treatment or HIFU - high frequency focused ultrasound but I am surprised that you make no mention of either of these options. My post on HIFU    The …

Looking for a source of prostate cancer news? How about ProstateDiaries on Twitter.

Prostatediaries on Twitter Do you know what TwitterFeed is? Well, I figured it out. You take every news service on the internet that has both a RSS feed and has a feed dedicated you prostate cancer and....viola! They are all automatically feed into your Twitter account. Daily I am amazed at what I learn from …