age 46 difficult and frequent urination led my GP to order PSA, came back 5.9. Sent to urologist for DRE and PSA...still high. The cipro for a month followed by re-test, still high so subsequent...
Lonewolf, Are you military? Can you go outside the VA for medical evaluation/treatment? If you can, you should, your urologist seems a little behind the times. How did he see this "dark mass"? Was...
I agree with Allen, they should have called you back to get a complete set of images....
I am not a doctor or nurse but I am certified in medical coding with 23+ years of experience. I certainly understand the report. Basically, your prostate is slightly below average volume and there...
I agree with you clock, I do not think this cure would be kept secret, but I do think it would be very expensive, for a good long while. Here is the crux...Big Pharm gets a bad rap for their profit...
If we assume the cure is the proverbial "magic pill", injection or simple non invasive procedure... The discoverer would probably want to profit as long as possible so the cure would be initially...
Todd, Those aren't worms, they're snakes. Giant poisonous snakes. But, I say, yes, eventually. Be well....
All men die, not all men truly live. William Wallace or from Yogi We may be lost, but we're making good time. It gets late awful early out here. It's too crowded, nobody goes there anymore. I could...
I agree urinary difficulty is not a common symptom of early PC (that is not what I said), it is very much a symptom of advanced PC which is what leads men to be tested in many cases. I read the...
Allen, I tend to agree with you. (those words are Dr. Samadi's not mine) I do not subscribe to routine, population based psa screening. I do think a baseline psa is warranted after age 40, and I...
I was not aware that removal was the preferred treatment for liver mets. My understanding is that treatment of liver mets is more prophalactic than curative. Primary liver tumors are often removed if...
Allen, this procedure is a catheter based procedure. The hepatic arteries that feed the area of interest are selected and Radiation is administered via Yitrium 90 (Sirsphere or Theraspheres)...
This procedure has a decent track record in treating liver metastasis from primary colon or rectal cancer, but I have not seen it performed for PC. I would think it could work as well.(it is...
I found an interesting article today with concerning this study. Here is a quote from a well respected surgeon: “My concern has always been that starting PSA screenings at age 50, like the task force...
That is a difficult question to answer because most cases of G6 that show any indication of progression are treated before they have the ability to spread (if they ever do). The million dollar...